| Mastiha starts as a semi-transparent sap from lentisk trees found only in certain areas of the Greek island of Chios. |
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| At Chios, water nymphs entranced by Hylas's beauty dragged him into a spring, and he was never found. |
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| The overall flavour is Ionic, the dialect spoken on Euboea, other islands of the eastern Aegean such as Chios, and on the mainland of Asia Minor opposite them. |
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| In 1275 the Byzantine Empire granted the islands of Chios and Samos to Genoa. |
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| Later, he allegedly made a trip to Chios, an Aegean island then ruled by Genoa. |
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| In 1822 and 1824 the Turks and Egyptians ravaged the islands, including Chios and Psara, committing wholesale massacres of the population. |
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| According to IOM, 79 people arrived in Kalymnos, 44 in Megisti and 24 in Lesvos, with the remainder arriving in Chios and Kos. |
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| Their journey to Athens starts mainly from Turkey passing through the Greek islands including Lesvos, Chios, Samos, or Kos. |
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| Minotto and his Venetians were stationed in the Blachernae palace, together with Teodoro Caristo, the Langasco brothers, and Archbishop Leonardo of Chios. |
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| Greek airline Olympic Air today announced that it is offering fares priced at EUR15 one-way for flights between Athens and Thessaloniki, Alexandroupoli, Chios and Kos. |
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| The coast guard said it had rescued 1,161 people in 37 search-and-rescue operations off the islands of Samothraki, Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Agathonisi and Farmakonisi. |
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| The other most likely contained wine, because it appeared to contain fragments of DNA from mastic, a plant that grows on Chios and was used to resinate and preserve wine. |
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| Turkish jets were also intercepted once on Tuesday in north of Chios island by Greek M-2000 jets that had taken off from Skiros air base, it said. |
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