{"id":26091,"date":"2023-06-26T08:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T06:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.cycladic.gr\/essay\/%ce%b7-%ce%b3%ce%b5%cf%89%ce%b3%cf%81%ce%b1%cf%86%ce%af%ce%b1-%cf%84%cf%89%ce%bd-%ce%ba%cf%85%ce%ba%ce%bb%ce%ac%ce%b4%cf%89%ce%bd\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T14:38:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T12:38:01","slug":"i-geografia-ton-kykladon","status":"publish","type":"essay","link":"https:\/\/cycladic.gr\/en\/essay\/i-geografia-ton-kykladon\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography of the Cyclades"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Geography of the Cyclades<\/h1>

CYCLADIC ART<\/p> <\/header>

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GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE CYCLADES<\/h2> <\/header>\n\n \n
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The Cyclades are a group of small islands in the south-central part of the Aegean Sea that form a virtual land bridge between mainland Greece and Asia Minor. Naxos, with an area of 428 square kilometers, is the largest island.<\/p>\n

The name, Cyclades, was used by Herodotus, Thucydides, and several other ancient authors. According to Strabo, the Cyclades included the islands of Keos, Kythnos, Seriphos, Melos, Siphnos, Kimolos, Paros, Naxos, Syros, Mykonos, Tenos, and Andros \u2013 all of which formed a circle around the sacred island of Delos. Thera, Ios, Sikinos, Pholegandros, Amorgos, Anaphi, and some of the modern Dodecanese were included in the southern Sporades. We should remember, however, that the earliest recorded use of the term Cyclades dates to the 5th c. BC. Therefore, we cannot know what the inhabitants of the Cyclades in the 3rd millennium BC \u2013 who left no written evidence \u2013 named their islands.<\/p>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n

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Map of the Cyclades<\/div>
\u00a9 Museum of Cycladic Art<\/div><\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n
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