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Sporades

The Sporades were a group of islands near the western coast of Asia Minor. The Sporades were divided into two groups, Northern Sporades (Βόρειες Σπράδες) and Southern Sporades, also known as Dodecanese Islands (Δωδεκάνησα). The Southern Sporades included the island of Rhodes.

Southern Sporades (Dodecanese)

Rhodes

Rhodes

Cos

Cos

Other islands: Patmos, Karpathos, Kasos, Nisyros and others.

Northern Sporades

Scyrus

Scyrus

Other islands: Alonnisos, Skiathos, Skopelos and other smaller islands.

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Sporades, Σπράδες.
Dodecanese Islands, Δωδεκάνησα (southern Sporades)

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Islands:

  • • Euboea
  • • Salamis
  • • Aegina
  • • Crete
  • • Cyclades
  • • Sporades
  • • Northern Aegean
  • • Ionian Islands
  • • Cyprus
Islands

Islands

Aegean Islands Other IslandsAegean Islands The Aegean Sea has a large number of islands, with Crete in the south being the largest island. The Aegean island also included several groups of islands such as the Northern Aegean, the Cyclades, the Nor...

August 8th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Northern Aegean

Northern Aegean

The Northern Aegean islands are north and northeast of the Aegean, comprising of a number of large islands west of Asia Minor and south of Thrace.

August 8th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Cyclades

Cyclades

The Cyclades were a number of islands in the Aegean Sea, east of Attica. The name comes from the fact that the islands seemed to circle around the island of Delos, the holiest of islands, because it was the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. The Cy...

August 8th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Ionian Islands

Ionian Islands

The Ionian Islands are located on the western side of Greece, in the Ionian Sea. Only three islands had mythological importance, especially Ithaca, the home of the hero Odysseus.

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Scyrus

Scyrus

Scyrus (Skyrus) was an Aegean island northeast of Euboea. Scyrus was famous because its king, Lycomedes, was host to the aging hero Theseus. Theseus either accidentally fell to his death, or Lycomedes murdered the hero by pushing him off a cliff. ...

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Rhodes

Rhodes

Rhodes was the largest island of the Dodecanese, southwest of Caria, Asia Minor. It was named after Rhode, daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Rhodes was sacred to the sun god Helius, from whom Rhode had borne seven sons, three of which were name...

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Cos

Cos

Cos was one of the Dodecanese islands, west of the Carian city of Cnidus, Asia Minor. The people of Cos (Coans) were originally called the Merops after their king, Meropes. Heracles' ships were driven by a storm from Hera to the island of Cos. The...

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Locris & Doris

Locris & Doris

There are two regions named Locris (Λοκρίς). East of Phocis and north of Boeotia, on the coast of Euboean Gulf, was Opuntian Locris. The most important city of Locris (Oportian) was Opus. The Ozolian Locris was located on the Gulf of Corinth, betw...

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Mainland Greece

Mainland Greece

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Naxos

Naxos

Naxos was one of the larger islands of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea. It was first called Strongyle before it was renamed to Dia. When Naxos, a Carian, became king, the island was then named after him. Naxos was the island where the Athenian hero...

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