Siphnos

American  

[sif-nos, -naws] / ˈsɪf nɒs, -nɔs /

Or Sifnos

noun

1. a Greek island in the SW Aegean Sea, in the Cyclades group: gold and silver mines. 28 sq. mi. (75 sq. km).

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Siphnos

This building was originally surmised by the excavators to be the treasury of Siphnos, but further evidence led them to change their opinion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

Certain central Aegean islands, Antiparos, Ios, Amorgos, Syros and Siphnos, were all found to be singularly rich in evidence of the middle-Aegean period.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

To the southeast of Eubœa are the Cyclades—a group of islands of which Delos, Andros, Tenos, Myeonos, Naxos, Paros, Olearos, Siphnos, Melos, and Syros, were the most important.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

And Diphilus of Siphnos pronounces plums to be juicy, digestible, and easily evacuated, but not very nutritious.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

Greece had once been rich in mines, which had been a source of wealth and prosperity to Siphnos and Atticus, and had laid the foundation of the power of Philip of Macedon.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various