Skyros
Σκύρος |
Hora | | Geography |
 | | Coordinates: | 38°54′N 24°33′E / 38.9, 24.55Coordinates: 38°54′N 24°33′E / 38.9, 24.55 | | Island Chain: | Sporades | | Total Isles: | 21 | | Area:[2] | 209 km² (81 sq.mi.) | | Highest Mountain: | Mt. Olympus (792 m (2,598 ft)) | | Government |
 Greece | | Periphery: | Central Greece | | Prefecture: | Euboea | | Capital: | Skyros (city) | | Statistics | | Population: | 2,602 (as of 2001) | | Density: | 12 /km² (32 /sq.mi.) | | Postal Code: | 340 07 | | Area Code: | 22x0 | | License Code: | ΧΑ | | Website | | www.inskyros.gr |
Skyros (Greek: Σκύρος) is the southernmost island of the Sporades, a Greek archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC and slightly later, the island was known as The Island of the Magnetes where the Magnetes used to live and later Pelasgia and Dolopia and later Skyros. At 209 km² it is the largest of the Sporades, and has a population of about 3,000 (in 2003). Skyros is one of the municipalities that are not part of any provinces in Greece. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,288 × 1,712 pixels, file size: 822 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The main village of Skyros island - Greece |Author= Han borg }} File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared...
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The north of the island is covered by forest, and includes the island's highest point, Mount Olympus (792 metres), while the south, dominated by the mountain of Kochila, is bare and rocky. The island's capital is also called Skyros (or, locally, Chora). The main port, on the west coast, is Linaria. The island has a castle (the kastro) that dates from the Venetian occupation (13th to 15th centuries), a Byzantine monastery (the Monastery of Saint George), the grave of English poet Rupert Brooke at Tris Boukes harbour, and the Bronze Age archaeological site of Palamari. There are many beaches on the coast. The island has its own breed of Skyrian ponies. This article is about the Greek mountain. ...
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The Monastery of Saint George of Skyros (Greek: Ai Giorgis Skirianos) is a Byzantine monastery on the Greek island of Skyros. ...
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Palamari (Greek: ΠαλαμάÏι), older forms: Palamario and Palamarion, is a Greek village located around 15 km (northwest of Megalopoli, 19 km norhtwest from the nearest interchange with the GR-7/E65 (Kalamata - Megalopoli - Tripoli), about 28 km southeast of Andritsaina, about 8 km southeast of Karytaina, about 43 west-southwest of...
The Skyros Pony (Greek αλογάκι της ΣκÏÏου) is a breed of pony found on the Greek isle of Skyros. ...
Skyros can be reached by ferry from Kimi on Euboea. For the Greek mythological figures see Euboea Euboea, or Negropont or Negroponte (Modern Greek: ΕÏβοια Évia, Ancient Greek Eúboia), is the second largest of the Greek Aegean Islands and the second largest Greek island overall in area and population (after Crete). ...
History
In Greek mythology, Theseus was said to have died on Skyros. In 475 BC, Cimon defeated the Dolopians and conquered the entire island. The population was enslaved and replaced by colonists from Athens.[1] From that date, it became a part of the Delian League, later to become the Athenian Empire. Cimon claimed to have found the remains of Theseus, and returned them to Athens. The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. ...
Theseus (Greek ) was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra, and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night (By some accounts, this was presented as a rape). ...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC Years: 480 BC 479 BC 478 BC 477 BC 476 BC - 475 BC - 474 BC 473 BC...
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Theseus (Greek ) was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra, and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night (By some accounts, this was presented as a rape). ...
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In 340 BC, the Macedonians took over the island and dominated it until 192 BC in which the Roman Imperial forces and Philip V of Macedon restored it to Athens. Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC - 340s BC - 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC Years: 345 BC 344 BC 343 BC 342 BC 341 BC - 340 BC - 339 BC 338 BC...
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Coin of Philip V. The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ([coin] of King Philip). ...
Historical Population | Historical population | | Year | Population | %Change | | 1981 | 2,757 | | | 1991 | 1,806 | | 2001 | 2,602 | | | 2003 | 3,000 | | Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...
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References - ^ Thucydides i. 98
- ^ Basic Characteristics. Ministry of the Interior. www.ypes.gr. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
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External links - The Official Web Site of Skyros Island
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