. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. g,y-qcTOV e-l ^vpiri<;, avrrjP err apiarep e)(0ire5,^H vTiivepQe. Xtoto, —ap rjvsjJiOsvTa ^—HoM. Od. iii. Quo CMuni pretio cadum Merceniur. Hoe. Ca/^m. iii. 19, 5. At sermo lingua concinnus utraqiieSuavior; ut Chio nota si coimnixta Falerni est.— Id. Sat. I. x. should be observed that the quantity of the penultimate is different in thesubstantive and adjective :— Quid tibi visa Chios ?—Hor. i. 11, affer hue, puer, scyphos Et Chia vina, aut Lesbia.—Id. Epoc
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. g,y-qcTOV e-l ^vpiri<;, avrrjP err apiarep e)(0ire5,^H vTiivepQe. Xtoto, —ap rjvsjJiOsvTa ^—HoM. Od. iii. Quo CMuni pretio cadum Merceniur. Hoe. Ca/^m. iii. 19, 5. At sermo lingua concinnus utraqiieSuavior; ut Chio nota si coimnixta Falerni est.— Id. Sat. I. x. should be observed that the quantity of the penultimate is different in thesubstantive and adjective :— Quid tibi visa Chios ?—Hor. i. 11, affer hue, puer, scyphos Et Chia vina, aut Lesbia.—Id. Epoch ix. 33. The figs of Chios are celebrated by Martial :— Chia seni similis Baccho, quern Setia misit Ipsa merum secum. portat et ipsa salem.—xiii. 23. Nam mihi, quee novit pungere, Chia sapit.—vii. 25. The grape of Phanae ^vas famed :— Rex ipse Phanaeus.—Yirg. Georg. ii. 98. 112 LYDIA. Book Coin of Chios, History,—Cliios was a member of the Ionian confederation, and helda conspicuous place as a maritime power until the Ionian revolt, when it became subject to Persia,and remained in that posi-tion until the battle ofMvcale, 479, when itjouied Athens, and re-mained among its alliesuntil -1-12, when it re-volted, and was in conse-quence devastated. It sidedwith the Romans in theSyrian and MithridaticAvars, and was gifted withfreedom in reward for its fidelity. Chios claimed Homer as one of hersons, and gave birth to tlie historian Theopompus, and the poets Theo-critus ;ind Ion. § 22. The important island of Samos, Samo, is situated just oppo-site the point where Lydia and Caria meet, and is separated fromthe mainland by a channel less than a mile in width, which was thescene of the battle of Mycale. Its length from E. to AY. is about25 miles ; its breadth is very variable. The island is covered withmountains of great elevation, rendering Samos a very conspjicuo
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