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Skyros
or Skí·ros, Scy·ros
[ skahy-ros, -rohs; Greek skee-raws ]
noun
- a Greek island in the W Aegean: the largest island of the Northern Sporades. 81 sq. mi. (210 sq. km).
Skyros
/ ˈskiːrɒs /
noun
- 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 nameSkíros
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The merchants escaped from prison, and laid a complaint against the people of Skyros before the Amphiktyonic council.
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Kimon also led a colony to Skyros, which island was taken by Kimon on the following pretext.
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Now of this reef lying exactly in the middle of the fairway they were informed by Pammon of Skyros.
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He could have no lovelier one than Skyros, and no quieter resting place.
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I brought him from Skyros, myself, in a ship to Troy, and placed him in the Greek army.
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