Irlandos: Scyros moved to Skyros

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'''Skyros''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Σκύρος) is the southernmost island of the [[Sporades]], a [[Greece|Greek]] archipelago in the [[Aegean Sea]]. Around the [[2nd millennium BC]] and slightly later, the island was known as '''The Island of the Magnetes''' where the Magnetes used to live and later '''Pelasgia''' and '''Dolopia''' and later Skyros. At 209 km² it is the largest of the Sporades, and has a population of about 3,000 (in [[2003]]). Skyros is one of the municipalities that are not part of any provinces in Greece. For administrative purposes, it belongs to the [[prefecture]] of Euboea.

The north of the island is covered by forest, and includes the island's highest point, [[Mount Olympos (Skyros)|Mount Olympos]] (903 metres), while the south, dominated by the mountain of [[Kochila]], is bare and rocky. The island's capital is also called Skyros (or, locally, ''Chora''). The main port, on the west coast, is Linaria. The island has a castle (the ''kastro'') that dates from the Venetian occupation (13th to 15th centuries), a Byzantine monastery (Saint George of Skyros), the grave of English poet Rupert Brooke at [[Tris Boukes]] harbour, and the Bronze Age archaeological site of [[Palamari]]. There are many beaches on the coast. The island has its own breed of [[Skyros Pony|Skyrian ponies]].

Skyros can be reached by ferry from [[Skiathos]] or [[Euboea|Evia]].

In [[Greek mythology]], [[Theseus]] was said to have died on Skyros (murdered by its king), and [[Achilles]] spent part of his youth there.

In [[475 BC]], [[Cimon]] conquered the entire island and brought back to Athens the remains of Theseus. From that date, it became a part of the hegemony of [[Athens]].

In [[340 BC]], the [[Macedonia|Macedonians]] took over the island and it dominated until [[192 BC]] in which the Roman Imperial forces and [[Philip V of Macedon]] restored it to Athens.

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! colspan="14" style="background: #f9f9f9; text-align: center;" |'''Historical population'''
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!Year
!Population
!%Change
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| [[1981]]
|2,757
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| [[1991]]
|1,806
|-34.49%
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| [[2003]]
|3,000
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|}

==External links==
*[http://www.inskyros.gr/indexen.htm The Official Web Site of Skyros Island]
*In French:
**http://www.skyros.fr
**http://membres.lycos.fr/calicedufrelon/skyros.html
**http://users.belgacom.net/peinturedecorative/1marbres/french/12skyros.html

[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]
[[Category:Islands of Greece]]

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