Skyros
or Skí·ros, Scy·ros
a Greek island in the W Aegean: the largest island of the Northern Sporades. 81 sq. mi. (210 sq. km).
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How to use Skyros in a sentence
The merchants escaped from prison, and laid a complaint against the people of Skyros before the Amphiktyonic council.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II | Aubrey Stewart & George LongKimon also led a colony to Skyros, which island was taken by Kimon on the following pretext.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II | Aubrey Stewart & George LongNow of this reef lying exactly in the middle of the fairway they were informed by Pammon of Skyros.
The History Of Herodotus | HerodotusHe could have no lovelier one than Skyros, and no quieter resting place.
Shandygaff | Christopher MorleyI brought him from Skyros, myself, in a ship to Troy, and placed him in the Greek army.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca | Homer
British Dictionary definitions for Skyros
Scyros
/ (ˈskiːrɒs) /
a Greek island in the Aegean, the largest island in the N Sporades. Pop: 2602 (2001). Area: 199 sq km (77 sq miles): Modern Greek name: Skíros
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