Naxos

Náxos

Náxos , island (1991 pop. 14,838), c.160 sq mi (410 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea; largest of the Cyclades . Náxos, the chief town, is on the western shore. The fertile island produces fruits, olive oil, and a noted white wine. It has been a source of white marble, emery, and granite since ancient times. Náxos is famous in mythology as the place where Theseus abandoned Ariadne. It was a center of the worship of Dionysius. The island was colonized by the Ionians and in 490 BC was captured and sacked by the Persians. It was a member of the Delian League , but after an unsuccessful attempt to secede was captured (c.470 BC) and became a tributary to Athens. Náxos passed to Venice in 1207 and was the seat of a Venetian duchy until 1566, when it fell to the Ottoman Turks. It became part of independent Greece in 1829.

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Náxos, Greece Strongyle, Dionysus, Callipolis An island in the Cyclades named after Naxus, the chief of a Carian colony on the island. As a centre for the worship of the god Dionysus, it was named after him for a time.

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Naxos

Naxos a Greek island in the southern Aegean, the largest of the Cyclades, where according to some legends Ariadne was abandoned by Theseus.

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