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IOS (Village) KYKLADES
The island's capital is Chora, a typical Cycladic town, with its traditional white houses, especially in the well preserved old part. It sprawls over the hill which dominates Gialos, with its small white houses, windmills, narrow roads, and country churches.
At the top of Chora we see the church of Saint Nikolaos surrounded by the ruins of a medieval castle. Down from the castle, on a craggy rock with a panoramic view, is the Byzantine church of the Virgin Marie Gremiotissa, dedicated to the Assumption.
The place now occupied by the actual city was the site of the ancient town, of which, nowadays, very little has survived. Between the church of Saint Ekaterini and the small church of the Saints Anargiri, we find the market which was built on the site of the town's ancient agora (marketplace).
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the University of Patras' XENIOS DIAS website URL below.
IOS (Port) KYKLADES
Ormos (Little Malta) is the well protected harbour of the island. The village is located 2 km to the west of Chora. The inhabitants call it Gialos. In Ormos we can find the newly created Health Centre of Ios. The first view on the port presents an unforgettable picture to the visitor, with the white sails of the boats during daytime, and the twinkling lights of Gialos against the velvet sky at night.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the University of Patras' XENIOS DIAS website URL below.
KOUMBARA (Settlement) IOS
For the past few years, the road on the left side of the harbour, leading from "Chrissi Akti" to the beautiful beach of of Koumpara, brings you to a well-known, excellent and well organised beach. Although very close to the harbour (north-west), the water is excellent for swimming. Every possible kind of service caters to your comfort, be it food or accommodation, with, as a bonus, the view on the Aegean Sea with its majestic sunsets.
This place is a must for everyone.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the University of Patras' XENIOS DIAS website URL below.
MANGANARI (Settlement) IOS
The dirt road for Maganari starts at the end of Milopotas beach. Maganari, in the southern part, is one of the beauty spots of the island. Five small beaches, one next to the other, all with golden sand, are waiting for you. It is not surprising that many locals come here during the summer holidays. Moreover, it was here that the film "the Deep Blue" was shot on location. Maganari can be reached by car, motorcycle, bus (three times per day) or by a small boat.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the University of Patras' XENIOS DIAS website URL below.
IOS (Island) KYKLADES
Ios (Ios: Eth. Ietes, Ietes), an island in the Aegaean sea, one of
the Sporades, and falsely called by Stephanus one of the Cyclades, lay north of
Thera and south of Paros and Naxos. According to Pliny, it was 25 miles in length,
and was distant 18 miles from Naxos and 25 from Thera. (Plin. iv. 12. s. 23.)
Both Pliny and Stephanus state that it was originally called Phoenice. It possessed
a town of the same name (Ptol. iii. 15. § 28), situated upon a height on the western
side of the island. It has an excellent harbour, of a circular form, like the
Peiraeeus: its mouth faces the south-west, and is opposite the island of Sicinus.
The island is now called Nio (en Ioi); and when Ross visited it, in 1836, it contained
505 families or 2500 souls. The modern town is built upon the site of the ancient
one, of which there are still remains.
Ios was celebrated in antiquity as the burialplace of Homer, who is
said to have died here on his voyage from Smyrna to Athens. Long afterwards, when
the fame of the poet had filled the world, the inhabitants of los are reported
to have erected the following inscription upon his tomb.
Enthade ten hieren kephalen kata gaia kaluptei
Andron heroon kosmetora, theion Omeron.
(Pseudo-Herod. Vit. Homer. 34, 36; comp. Scylax, p. 22; Strab. x. p. 484; Paus.
x. 24. § 2; Plin., Steph. ll. cc.) It was also stated that Clymene, the mother
of Homer, was a native of los, and that she was buried in the island (Paus., Steph.
B., ll. cc.); and, according to Gellius (iii. 11), Aristotle related that Homer
himself was born in los. In 1771 a Dutch nobleman, Graf Pasch van Krienen, asserted
that he had discovered the tomb of Homer in the northern part of the island; and
in 1773 he published an account of his discovery, with some inscriptions relating
to Homer which he said he had found upon the tomb. Of this discovery a detailed
account is given by Ross, who is disposed to believe the account of Pasch van
Krienen; but the original inscriptions have never been produced, and most modern
scholars regard them as forgeries. (Ross, Reisen auf den Griech. Inseln, vol.
i. pp. 54, 154, seq.; Welcker, in Zeitschrift fur die Alterthum-swissenschaft,
1844, p. 290, seq.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited September 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
An island in the Aegean Sea, to the north of Thera. Here, according to some accounts, Homer was interred ( Pliny H. N.iv. 12). It was also said that the poet's mother was a native of this island. The modern name is Nio.
HOMER'S TOMB (Archaeological site) IOS
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