. tion of Aristagoras, to subdue Naxos;and upon the failure of their attempt, Arist-agoras, fearing punishment, induced the Ioniancities to revolt from Persia. In 490 the Per-sians, under Datis and Arlaphernes, conqueredNaxos, and reduced the inhabitants to slavery(Hdt. v. 30). The Naxians recovered their in-dependence after the battle of Salamis (480).They were the first of the allied states whomthe Athenians reduced to subjection (471), afterwhich they are rarely mentioned in history(Thuc. i. 98, 137; Paus. i. 27, 6). The chieftown
. tion of Aristagoras, to subdue Naxos;and upon the failure of their attempt, Arist-agoras, fearing punishment, induced the Ioniancities to revolt from Persia. In 490 the Per-sians, under Datis and Arlaphernes, conqueredNaxos, and reduced the inhabitants to slavery(Hdt. v. 30). The Naxians recovered their in-dependence after the battle of Salamis (480).They were the first of the allied states whomthe Athenians reduced to subjection (471), afterwhich they are rarely mentioned in history(Thuc. i. 98, 137; Paus. i. 27, 6). The chieftown of the island was also called Naxos ; andwe also have mention of the small towns ofTragaea and Lestadae.—2, A Greek city on theE. coast of Sicily, S. of Mt. Taurus, was foundedB. c. 735 by the Chalcidians of Euboea, and wasthe first Greek colony established in the island(Thuc. vi. 3; Strab. p. 267; Diod. xiv. 88). Itgrew so rapidly in power that in only five or sixyears after its foundation it sent colonies toCatana and Leontini. It was for a time subject. Coin of Naxos in Sicily (oth cent. ). of bearded Dionysus; rev., Silenus with winecup and thyrsus ; ivy at his side. to Hippocrates, tyrant of Gela, and afterwardsto Hiero of Syracuse (Hdt. vii. 154 ; Diod. ); but it soon recovered its independence,carried on a successful war against was subsequently an ally of the Atheniansagainst Syracuse. In 403 the town was takenby Dionysius of Syracuse and destroyed. Nearlyfifty years afterwards (358) the remains of theNaxians scattered over Sicily were collected byAndromachus, and a new city was founded onMt. Taurus, called Tauromenium. Naxuana (Nalovdva: NaJcshivari), a city ofArmenia Major, on the Araxes (Ptol. v; 13, 12). Nazareth, Nazara (Na(ap46, or -eV, or -d: NAZIANZUS Nafapdios, Nafapcuos, Nazarenus, Nazareus: en-Nasirah), a city of Palestine, in Galilee, S. ofCana, on a hill Is. of the plain of Esdraelon.[See Diet, of Bible.] Nazianzus (Nafia^os
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