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Samos

Greek island in the Aegean Sea, off the west coast of Turkey; area 476 sq km/184 sq mi; capital Limén Vathéos; population (2001) 33,800. Mountainous but fertile, it produces wine (muscat) and olive oil. The mathematician Pythagoras was born here. The town of Teganion is on the site of the ancient city of Samos, which was destroyed by Darius I of Persia.



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The Antisseans also, having taken in those who were banished from Chios, afterwards did the same thing; and also the Zancleans, after having taken in the people of Samos.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
Sardis, the capital of Lydia; Samos, a Greek island; Mesembria, an ancient colony in Thrace; and Cotiaeum, the chief city of a province of Phrygia, contend for the distinction of being the birthplace of Aesop.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Now there is a rocky islet called Asteris, of no great size, in mid channel between Ithaca and Samos, and there is a harbour on either side of it where a ship can lie.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
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