Skyros - View of the north part of the island from the boat

Skyros - View of the north part of the island from the boat

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Skyros (Greek: Σκύρος) is an island in Greece, the southernmost of the Sporades, an 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 square kilometres (81 sq mi) it is the largest of the Sporades, and has a population of about 3,000 (in 2011). It is part of the regional unit of Euboea.

The Hellenic Air Force has a major base in Skyros, because of the island's strategic location in the middle of the Aegean.

According to Greek mythology, Theseus died on Skyros, when he was thrown from a cliff.

Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, was from Skyros (or Scyros, as its name is sometimes transliterated), as told in the play by Sophocles, Philoctetes (line 239).

In c. 475 BC,according to Thucydides, Cimon defeated the Dolopians (the original inhabitants) and conquered the entire island. From that date, it was colonized by Athenian settlers and became a part of the Athenian Empire. It was on the strategic trade route from Athens to the Black Sea. Cimon claimed to have found the remains of Theseus, and returned them to Athens.

In 340 BC the Macedonians took over the island and dominated it until 192 BC, when the king Philip and the Roman Republican forces restored it to Athens.

Rupert Brooke, the famous English poet, is buried on Skyros, having died on board a French hospital ship moored off the island in 1915, during World War I.

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**Skyros (Greek: Σκύρος)** is an island in Greece, the southernmost of the **Sporades**, an 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 square kilometres (81 sq mi) it is the largest of the Sporades, and has a population of about 3,000 (in 2011). It is part of the regional unit of Euboea.

The Hellenic Air Force has a major base in Skyros, because of the island's strategic location in the middle of the Aegean.

According to Greek mythology, **Theseus** died on Skyros, when he was thrown from a cliff.

**Neoptolemus, son of Achilles**, was from Skyros (or Scyros, as its name is sometimes transliterated), as told in the play by Sophocles, Philoctetes (line 239).

In c. 475 BC,according to **Thucydides**, **Cimon** defeated the Dolopians (the original inhabitants) and conquered the entire island. From that date, it was colonized by Athenian settlers and **became a part of the Athenian Empire**. It was on the strategic trade route from Athens to the Black Sea. Cimon claimed to have found the remains of Theseus, and returned them to Athens.

In 340 BC the Macedonians took over the island and dominated it until 192 BC, when the king Philip and the Roman Republican forces restored it to Athens.

**Rupert Brooke**, the famous English poet, is buried on Skyros, having died on board a French hospital ship moored off the island in 1915, during World War I.

(from Wikipedia)

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Paulo CT Bittencourt on April 5, 2016

Good evening dear friend Christos. I am sorry to tell you this but I feel that we fall into an ambush. The worst of it is to notice that the monster was being feed by ourselves. This disregard for the Panoramio's community is a slap in our face because we do not promoted War, but just the opposite, we contribute to the development of peace and culture in the World. I apologize, but I think it's time to recall the last sentence of Julius Caesar: even you Goglus ? Hopefully we can continue exchanging photos and comments without any aid statistics. However if the dream became a nightmare what can I say? It was nice to meet you dear friends, the game was over! The most friendly regards from Brazil and very gratefully, Paulo. P.S.: I hope that everything I wrote is wrong.

Skyros - View of the north part of the island from the boat

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