Chapter Schahzaman to Sciolto of S by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Scian Muse (The), Simon’idês, born at Scia or Cea, now Zia, one of the Cyclades.

The Scian and the Teian Muse [Anacreon]…
Have found the fame your shores refuse.

Byron: Don Juan, iii. (“The Isles of Greece,” 1820).

Science (The prince of), Tehuhe, “The Aristotle of China” (died A.D. 1200).

Scio (now called Chios), one of the seven cities which claimed to be the birthplace of Homer. Hence he is sometimes called “Scio’s Blind Old Bard.” The seven cities referred to make an hexameter verse—

Smyrna, Chios, Colophôn, Salamis, Rhodos, Argos,

Athenæ; or

Smyrna, Chios, Colophôn, Ithacâ, Pylos, Argos,

Athenæ.

   —Antipater Sidonius: A Greek Epigram.

Sciolto , a proud Genoese nobleman, the father of Calista. Calista was the bride of Altamont, a young man proud and fond of her, but it was discovered on the wedding day that she had been seduced by Lothario. This led to a series of calamities: (1)Lothario was killed in a duel by Altamont; (2) a street riot was created, in which Sciolto received his death-wound; and (3) Calista stabbed herself.—Rowe: The Fair Penitent (1703).

(In Italian, Sciolto forms but two syllables, but Rowe has made it three in every case.)