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Contents 1 Etymology of Euboea 2 Euboic colonization to Sicely and Italy 3 The arrival of the Arvanites in Negroponnte 4 Directional Orientation of Satellite Picture 5 Oddity

[edit] Etymology of Euboea

Does anybody know the equivalent of it in Turkish? I couldnt find it out from the Greel Islands pages which contain Turkish equivalents? It is urgent. Thanks.

Ancient Greeks thought that the word "Eu-boea" derived from the words "Eu" (= good) and bous (= cow).

It is possible that the word "Eu-boea" is derived from the word "Abia". Abia was the land of a Greek tribe "Abantes" who migrated to Euboea from Illyria (or, from Epirus) and later, took part in Trojan War.

--IonnKorr 19:57, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Euboic colonization to Sicely and Italy

There should be some discussion here about the migration of Euboean Greeks to southern Italy and Sicily. The history provided does not adequately describe this migration, which had siginificant repercussions in Eugoean history.

Nudas veritas 02:12, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The arrival of the Arvanites in Negroponnte

I inserted relevant information as to the arrival in the 14th century of a substantila Tosk Albanian speaking population in Negroponte (as it was then called Euboea) who were later to be known under the generic name Arvanites. The then Venetian rulers of Negroponte had to cope with depopulation and introduced these sturdy Albanian farmers who to this day can be met in Cavo D'oro or (now re-baptized) Cape Kafireas area. Apostolos Margaritis 09:24, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Directional Orientation of Satellite Picture

I know the title notes the South/West orientation of the photo but is it possible to resize and reoriented so it matches up better with the map? At first glance it is sort of confusing. Agne27 21:59, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oddity

"for supplying them with corn and cattle,"

This was under the section mentioning Pericles. If I'm not mistaken, there was no corn in Europe during Pericles's time.