Word: euboea
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...human. He explains, for instance, that the sea god Poseidon "hated to be less important than his younger brother (Zeus), and always went about scowling. When he felt even crosser than usual, he would drive away in his chariot to a palace under the waves, near the island of Euboea, and there let his rage cool. As his emblem Poseidon chose the horse, an animal which he pretended to have created. Large waves are still called 'white horses' because of this...
...Cairo last week a white-bearded Greek Orthodox prelate described how Greek priests are fighting Nazis and Italians. He was Bishop Panteleimon (rhymes with Damon), who escaped to Egypt from his see on the Greek Island of Euboea...
...unearthing of the beehive tombs of the Mycenaean period, which had been sought in vain for several years. The vases found therein were nearly all in perfect preservation and the positions of the bones found massed together would indicate that the bodies were not laid out. Eleusis, Euboea, Thessaly, AEtolia, Acarnania, Phocis and Boeotia were also visited by different parties from the school...
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