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Piraiévs

(Encyclopedia)Piraiévs pīrēˈəs [key], city (1991 pop. 182,671), E central Greece, in Attica, on the Saronic Gulf; part of Greater Athens. It is the port of Athens and the chief port in Greece. A commercial cen...

Delphi

(Encyclopedia)Delphi dĕlˈfī [key], locality in Phocis, Greece, near the foot of the south slope of Mt. Parnassós, c.6 mi (10 km) northeast of the port of Cirrha. It was the seat of the Delphic oracle, the most ...

Mitsotakis, Kyriakos

(Encyclopedia)Mitsotakis, Kyriakos, 1968–, Greek political leader. Son of Constantine Mitsotakis, he studied in the United States, worked as an economist in London (1990–91, 1995–97), then returned to Greece ...

Ándros

(Encyclopedia)Ándros änˈthrôs, ănˈdrəs [key], island, 146 sq mi (378 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea, the northernmost and second largest of the Cyclades. Ándros is the cap...

Khalkís

(Encyclopedia)Khalkís kălˈsĭs [key], city (1991 pop. 51,646), capital of Évvoia (Euboea) prefecture, E Greece, on the island of Évvoia. Connected to the mainland by a bridge, the city is a trade center for lo...

Simitis, Costas

(Encyclopedia)Simitis, Costas (Konstantinos Georgiou Simitis) kôˈstəs sĭmētˈĭs, kônˌstäntēˈnôs gāôrˈgyo͞o [key], 1936–, Greek politician and premier (1996–2004), b. Athens. Simitis studied law ...

Lacedaemon

(Encyclopedia)Lacedaemon, Greece: see Laconia. ...

Laurium

(Encyclopedia)Laurium, Greece: see Lávrion.

Monemvasía

(Encyclopedia)Monemvasía, Greece: see Malvasia. ...

Morea

(Encyclopedia)Morea, Greece: see Peloponnesus. ...