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Coos

(Encyclopedia)Coos kōˈŏs [key], in the New Testament, island in the Aegean Sea, the present-day Kós. ...

Kástron

(Encyclopedia)Kástron käˈstrôn [key], town, E Greece, on Límnos island, in the Aegean Sea. It is a seaport trading in local produce. In ancient times it was known as Myrina. Today it is also called Kastro or C...

Polycrates

(Encyclopedia)Polycrates pōlĭkˈrətēz [key], d. c.522 b.c., tyrant of Samos. He established Samian naval supremacy in the Aegean Sea and tried to control the archipelago and mainland towns of Ionia. He dominate...

Míkonos

(Encyclopedia)Míkonos or Mykonos both: mēˈkônôs [key], mountainous island (1991 pop. 6,170), c.35 sq mi (90 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea; one of the Cyclades. It is a tourist resort and has fisheries. ...

Maeander

(Encyclopedia)Maeander mēănˈdər [key], ancient name of the Büyük Menderes River, c.250 mi (400 km) long, W Turkey. It rises in three branches W of Afyonkarahisar and flows generally W into the Aegean Sea. Its...

Krio, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Krio, Cape krēōˈ [key], Turk. Deveboynu Burnu, promontory, SW Turkey, on the Aegean Sea, on Reşadiye Peninsula north of the island of Rhodes. Ancient Cnidus was situated there. ...

Vardar

(Encyclopedia)Vardar värˈdär [key], river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, rising in the Šar Planina, North Macedonia, and flowing northeast then southeast in a fertile valley, past Skopje, through NE Greece to the Aeg...

Thásos

(Encyclopedia)Thásos thāˈsŏs [key], island (1991 pop. 13,527), c.170 sq mi (440 sq km), NE Greece, in the Aegean Sea. Timber, olive oil, honey, wine, and lead-zinc ores are its chief products; boatbuilding, fis...

Kárpathos

(Encyclopedia)Kárpathos kärˈpäthôs [key], Ital. Scarpanto, Lat. Carpathus, island (1991 pop. 5,323), c.110 sq mi (280 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea, one of the Dodecanese. It is mountainous, rising to c...

Sífnos

(Encyclopedia)Sífnos sĭfˈnəs [key], island, c.32 sq mi (83 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea; one of the Cyclades. It is a resort area and produces olive oil. In ancient times it had gold and silver mines. ...