Dictionary definition: Ionian Sea

Article: Visit Southern Italy with A Sweet and Glorious Land: Revisiting ...
Italian Voice, The;  August 3, 2000 ;     525 words ... ... Sweet and Glorious Land: Revisiting the Ionian Sea In the fall of 1897, Victorian writer ... s journey resulted in a book, By the Ionian Sea, which was published in 1901 and has ... SWEET AND GLORIOUS LAND: Revisiting the Ionian Sea. Keahey's goal is to compare and contrast ...

Article: Dear George ... letter from Magna Graecia. (the ancient city of ...
The Economist (US);  December 6, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... the travels he wrote about in "By the Ionian Sea", George Gissing, a famous Victorian ... first to describe the colonies around the Ionian sea as Megale Hellas, a term Latinised as ... information on the best sites across the Ionian sea. This may be fanciful, but Apollo ...

Article: By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern ...
Geographical;  May 1, 2004 ;     584 words ...By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy by George Gissing First published ... prostitute with whom he was infatuated--and was forced to leave. By the Ionian Sea is the product of both Gissing's passion for the classical world ...

Article: Strong quake rattles Ionian Sea holiday island; no ...
AP Worldstream;  October 18, 2005 ;     222 words ... ... miles) northwest of Athens. The second quake had an epicenter about 255 kilometers (158 miles) west of Athens, in the Ionian Sea and occurred at 6:26 p.m. (1526GMT), the Athens Geodynamic Institute. Copyright 2005, AP News All Rights Reserved

Article: Moderate earthquake shakes Ionian Sea island
AP Worldstream;  January 7, 2006 ;     209 words ... ... Worldstream 01-07-2006 Dateline: ATHENS, Greece A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 shook the Ionian Sea island of Cephallonia in western Greece, officials said Saturday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage ...

Article: Moderate earthquake shakes Ionian Sea holiday ...
AP Worldstream;  June 22, 2005 ;     202 words ... ... 8 and occurred at 02:06 a.m. (2306GMT Tuesday), about 280 kilometers (175 miles) southwest of Athens, in the Ionian Sea. An earthquake of a magnitude between 2.5 and 3 is the smallest generally felt by people. A quake of magnitude 4 to 5 ...

Article: Strong undersea quake shakes Ionian Sea island; no ...
AP Worldstream;  January 31, 2005 ;     211 words ...AP Worldstream 01-31-2005 Dateline: ATHENS, Greece A strong undersea earthquake shook the Ionian Sea island of Zakynthos early Monday but did not cause any damage or injuries. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 and ...