Encyclopedia > Communities of the Chios prefecture
Here are communities and settlements of the island of Chios in Greece: Khios, or Chios as most Greek English speakers know the island, is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. ...
Chios was colonized by Ionians but has been occupied by the Persians, part of the Delian League and the Byzantine Empire, before passing through the possession of the Latin emperors of Constantinople, the Genoese (who called the island Scio), and the Ottoman Turks (who called it Sakız).
Chios claims to be the birthplace of Homer, Hippocrates the mathematician, and Oenopides.
Chios is home to one of the biggest ship-owning fraternities in Greece, with such shipping families as Livanos, Chandris, Los, Lemos, Pachos, Pateras, Fafalios, Frangos, and Xylas hailing from the island.
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