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SOLI (mod. Mezetlii)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 360 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SOLI (mod. Mezetlii)

SOLI (mod. Mezetlii) , an See also:

ancient See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

ASIA

Asia See also:

Minor, on the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

CILICIA

Cilicia, between the See also:

rivers Lamus and Pyramus, from each of which it is about 62 m. Colonists from See also:

ARGOS

Argos in See also:

GREECE

Greece and Lindus in See also:

Rhodes are described as the founders of the town, which is first mentioned at the See also:

time of the expedition of the younger See also:

Cyrus. In the 4th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C. it was so wealthy that See also:

Alexander exacted a See also:

FINE

fine of 200 talents. In the Mithradatic See also:

War, Soli was destroyed by See also:

TIGRANES, or DIKRAN

Tigranes, but it was subsequently rebuilt by See also:

POMPEY

Pompey, who settled. there many of the pirates whom he had captured, and called the town Pompeiopolis. Soli was the birthplace of See also:

CHRYSIPPUS (c. 280-2o6 B.c.)

Chrysippus the Stoic and of the poets See also:

Philemon and See also:

ARATUS

Aratus. The See also:

BAD, BCD

bad See also:

Greek spoken there gave rise to the See also:

TERM

term QoXouao e6s, solecism, which has found its way into all the See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

LANGUAGES

languages of See also:

EUROPE

Europe. The ruins, which See also:

lie on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the Mezetlii Su have been lately plundered to See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply See also:

BUILDING

building material for See also:

MERSINA

Mersina, and little remains except See also:

PART

part of the See also:

COLONNADE

colonnade which flanked the See also:

main See also:

street leading to the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour. The See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is easily reached from Mersina by See also:

CARRIAGE

carriage in about 1 See also:

HOURS, CANONICAL

hours. (D. G.

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