Euboea - Wikipedia
WEBEuboea ( / juːˈbiːə /, yoo-BEE-ə; Greek: Εὔβοια Eúboia, Ancient: [ěu̯boi̯a], Modern: [ˈevia] ), also known by its modern spelling Evia ( / ˈɛviə /, EH-vee-ə ), is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete, and the …
Euboea | Greece, Map, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEBEuboea, island, the largest in Greece, after Crete (Modern Greek: Kríti). It is located in the Central Greece (Stereá Elláda) periféreia (region), in the Aegean Sea. It lies along the coasts of the periféreies (regions) of Western Greece (Dytikí Elláda), Peloponnese (Pelopónnisos), and Attica.
Euboea - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBEuboea is an island of Greece. It is also one of the 51 prefectures of Greece. Euboea is the second largest island of Greece. Its total area is 3,655 km 2. It is to the east of Boeotia and Attica prefectures. The island is surrounded by the Aegean Sea. The capital of Euboea and the biggest city on the island is Chalkida .
Euboea - Wikiwand
WEBEuboea ( / juːˈbiːə /, yoo-BEE-ə; Greek: Εὔβοια Eúboia, Ancient: [ ěu̯boi̯a], Modern: [ ˈevia]) also known by its modern spelling Evia ( / ˈɛviə /, EH-vee-ə ), is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete, and the …
Euboea (mythology) - Wikipedia
WEBEuboea (/ j uː ˈ b iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Εὔβοια means 'well-cattle') was the name of several women in Greek mythology. Euboea, one of the Argive naiad daughters of the river-god Asterion. She and her sisters, Acraea and Prosymna, were the nurses of Hera. Euboea, mother of Triopas and possibly Arestor by Phorbas.
Euboea (regional unit) - Wikipedia
WEBWebsite. www .naevias .gr. Euboea ( Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Εύβοιας) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It consists of the islands of Euboea and Skyros, as well as a 260 km 2 area on the Greek mainland.
Euboea - Oxford Reference
WEBOverview. Euboea. Quick Reference. Also called Long Island. The chief cities in antiquity were Chalcis and Eretria; in between was Lefkandi, where remarkable 10th‐cent. bc finds have revised notions of the Dark Age of Greece. Other cities were Histiaea, and marble‐rich Carystus. In the 8th cent.
Euboea summary | Britannica
WEBEuboea , Greek Évvoia, Island, Greece, in the Aegean Sea. The second largest of the Greek islands, it is about 110 mi (180 km) long and 4–30 mi (6–48 km) wide. It is mainly mountainous but includes the fertile plain of the Lílas River, which was in antiquity a famous horse-breeding region.
Euboea - A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and …
WEBNov 29, 2019 · Abstract. The island of Euboea, whose name means "rich in cattle," is the second largest in the Aegean after Crete. Euboea benefited from lying on the seafaring routes crossing the Euboean Gulf and from the connectivity that this lagoon-like seascape provided to its coastal communities.
Evvia – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
WEBEvvia (Greek: Εύβοια), also called Euboea, is a large island in Central Greece. It's so large and so close to the mainland that it has more of a mainland atmosphere than an island one. Tourism is not much developed. Its main attractions for the visitor are the landscape and traditional villages.
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