PERIOD

Classical

Delos

Delos, the small arid island in the center of the Cyclades, was, according to mythology, the birthplace of the twin gods Apollo and Artemis. It hosted the important panhellenic sanctuary of Apollo, which was also the seat of the powerful Athenian Alliance in the 5th century BC, and was a rich, cosmopolitan and commercial port until the Roman times. Today the whole island is an extensive archaeological site where important monuments of the Greco-Roman world are preserved.

Date of entry into UNESCO's List of World Heritage Sites
1990

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Delos, view from the sea. The mount Kynthos and the cave-sanctuary- of Hercules.

Delos: Temple of Hera.

Sanctuary of the Foreign Gods: Sarapeion C.

"House of Ermes". Three-storey mansion of the family Paconii.

Delos: clubhouse of "the Koinon of the Berytian Poseidoniast merchants, shipmasters, and warehousemen"

Delos: "House of Cleopatra and Dioskourides".

Aerial view of Delos and of the ancient port. The Theatre Quarter, the Sacred Lake and the Temples of Apollo.

Delos: Temple of Hera.

Delos: The Agora of the Delians and Stoae (Porticos) from above.

Delos: the Sanctuary of Apollo from above.

Delos: Base from the monument dedicated by the athlete Menodoros.

Delos: The Statues of Lions donated by the Naxians.

Delos: The "House of Dionysus".

Delos: The Agora of the Italians.

Delos: The cave sanctuary of Hercules on the mount Kynthos.

Delos: The Terrace of Lions along the Sacred Way lead to the Temple of goddess Leto.

Delos: The Quarter of the Sacred Lake, from above.

Delos: Part of the torso of the Colossus of the Naxians.

Panoramic view of the port of Delos. The Sanctuary of Apollo, the Agora of the Italians and the Terrace of the Lions that lead to the Sacred Lake.

Delos: The Stadium Quarter

Delos: the Theatre.

Delos: the Agora of the Competaliasts

Delos: "House of the Masks"

Delos: the Agora of the Italians from above.

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