Mykonos is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island has an area of 85.5 square kilometres and rises to an elevation of 341 metres at its highest po
Mykonos town (Chora)
Portrait of Manto Mavrogenous at the Aegean Maritime Museum in Mykonos
Delos or Dilos, is a small Greek island near Mykonos, close to the centre of the Cyclades archipelago. Though only 3.43 km2 in area, it is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archa
Mykonos
…of the island. Ionians from Athens seem to have followed next in the early 11th century BC. There were many people living on the neighboring island of Delos, the meeting ground for the Delian League, only 2 km (1.2 miles) away, which meant that Mykonos became an important place for supplies and transit. It…
General view of Delos
The island of Delos, Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann, 1847