SPORADES (Gr. ErropaSes, from a-sretpew, to sow)

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SPORADES (Gr. ErropaSes, from a-sretpew, to sow) , the islands scattered about the Greek Archipelago, as distinguished from the

Cyclades

CYCLADES

, which are grouped round Delos, and from the islands attached, as it were, to the mainlands of Europe and Asia. Ancient and modern writers differ as to the

list

LIST (O.E.
lisle
- LISLE, ALICE (c. 1614-1685)
, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr.
lisle
- LISLE, ALICE (c. 1614-1685)
)
LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

of the Sporades (see Bursian, Griechenland, ii. 348 seq.). The Doric Sporades Melos, Pholegandros, Sikinos, Thera, Anaphe, Astropalia and Coswere by some considered a southern cluster of the

Cyclades

CYCLADES

. In modern times the name Sporades is more especially applied to two groupsthe northern Sporades, which lie north-

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

of Negropont (Euboea), Skiathos, Skopelos and Ikos being included in the department of

Magnesia

MAGNESIA

and Scyros in that of Euboea; and the southern Sporades, lying off the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

-west of Asia

Minor

, being included in the Turkish vilayet of the " Islands of the White Sea." The northern, which have altogether an area of 18o sq. m. and a population of 2,250 (1896), comprise Skiathos (pop. 2790), Ikos (pop. 653), Skopelos (pop. 5295), Pelagonisi, Giura, Pipari and Scyros (pop. J512), with the adjacent islets. Skiathos is a beautifully wooded and picturesque island; the town stands on a declivity surrounding an excellent harbour. The larger island of Skopelos is also well wooded. Almost every householder in both islands is the owner,

joint

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

owner or skipper of a sailing ship. The southern Sporades are as follows: Icaria, Patmos, Leros, Calymnus, Astropalia (Astypalaea or Stampalia), Cos (Stanko), Nisyros, Tilos or Episcopi, Syme, Khalki, Rhodes, Crete and many smaller isles. Icaria (pop. about 8000) derives its name from the legend of Icarus. The forests which it once possessed have been destroyed by the inhabitants for the manufacture of charcoal. Leros (pop. about 3000) was in ancient times a seat of the

worship

WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

of Artemis. Calymnus (pop. about 7000) was once covered by forests(Ovid, A.A. ii. 81, " silvis umbrosa Calymne" ), which have disappeared. Nisyros (pop. about 2500) possesses hot

sulphur

SULPHUR

springs.

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