Chalcis
City in Greece
Chalcis, also called Chalkida or Halkida, is the chief city of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved from antiquity and is derived from the Greek χαλκός, though there... Wikipedia
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Chalcis is one of the five Aetolian towns spoken of by Homer, who gives it the epithet of ἀγχίαλος (anchialos, "near the coast"), in the Catalogue of Ships in ...
a city on Euboea, in SE Greece.
Feb 24, 2024 · Chalkis was a settlement on Euboea, inhabited from the sub-Neolithic period, which played an important role in Greek colonisation of the ...
CHALCIS, region of S. Lebanon. Chalcis, an independent principality in the first century B.C.E., was among the areas conquered by the Itureans.
Chalcis was throughout antiquity the chief city of Euboea. Its position, controlling the narrowest point of the Euripus channel and the principal crossing ...
Chalcis or Chalkida, is the chief town of the island of Euboea in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point.