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Last month eight people, including six children, were recovered after a migrant boat sank off the Greek island of Samos.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
The coast guard also said that 53 migrants crossing from the nearby Turkish coast in small boats were picked up in two incidents off the eastern island of Samos on Thursday.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
The 18 survivors were being transported to Samos.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Such centers are operating on three other Greek islands, on Leros, Kos and Samos, across a narrow strait from Turkey.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
Little remains of the Heraion on the Aegean isle of Samos, one of the wonders of the ancient world, a great temple dedicated to Hera, who began her career as goddess of the sky.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
SAMOS, an island of Asia Minor, opposite to Ephesus; the birth-place of Pythagoras, who was thence called the Samian Sage.
From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius
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