Scyros

/ ˈskirɔs /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Skyros

Example Sentences

As for Theseus, soured by these repeated misfortunes, he grew so stern and tyrannical, that he gradually alienated his people’s affections, until at last they hated him, and banished him to the Island of Scyros, where, in obedience to a secret order, Lycomedes, the king, treacherously slew him by hurling him from the top of a steep cliff into the sea.

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King of Scyros; treacherously slays Theseus, 262; shelters Achilles, 314, 315.

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By this peace all the Greek cities on the mainland of Asia with the islands of Cyprus and Clazomenae were recognized as Persian, all other cities except Imbros, Lemnos and Scyros as autonomous.

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Lemnos, Imbros and Scyros, which had long belonged to Athens, were Athenian also in language.

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A letter from Browne, describing Rupert Brooke's burial on the island of Scyros, had been read to H. J. by Mr. Marsh the day before the following was written.

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