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DELOS (Island) KYKLADES
Concerning the Hyperborean people, neither the Scythians nor any other inhabitants of these lands tell us anything, except perhaps the Issedones. And, I think, even they say nothing; for if they did, then the Scythians, too, would have told, just as they tell of the one-eyed men. But Hesiod speaks of Hyperboreans, and Homer too in his poem The Heroes' Sons, if that is truly the work of Homer.
But the Delians say much more about them than any others do. They say that offerings wrapped in straw are brought from the Hyperboreans to Scythia; when these have passed Scythia, each nation in turn receives them from its neighbors until they are carried to the Adriatic sea, which is the most westerly limit of their journey; from there, they are brought on to the south, the people of Dodona being the first Greeks to receive them. From Dodona they come down to the Melian gulf, and are carried across to Euboea, and one city sends them on to another until they come to Carystus; after this, Andros is left out of their journey, for Carystians carry them to Tenos, and Tenians to Delos.
I know that they do this. The Delian girls and boys cut their hair in honor of these Hyperborean maidens, who died at Delos; the girls before their marriage cut off a tress and lay it on the tomb, wound around a spindle (this tomb is at the foot of an olive-tree, on the left hand of the entrance of the temple of Artemis); the Delian boys twine some of their hair around a green stalk, and lay it on the tomb likewise.
In this way, then, these maidens are honored by the inhabitants of Delos. These same Delians relate that two virgins, Arge and Opis, came from the Hyperboreans by way of the aforesaid peoples to Delos earlier than Hyperoche and Laodice; these latter came to bring to Eileithyia the tribute which they had agreed to pay for easing child-bearing; but Arge and Opis, they say, came with the gods themselves, and received honors of their own from the Delians. For the women collected gifts for them, calling upon their names in the hymn made for them by Olen of Lycia; it was from Delos that the islanders and Ionians learned to sing hymns to Opis and Arge, calling upon their names and collecting gifts (this Olen, after coming from Lycia, also made the other and ancient hymns that are sung at Delos). Furthermore, they say that when the thighbones are burnt in sacrifice on the altar, the ashes are all cast on the burial-place of Opis and Arge, behind the temple of Artemis, looking east, nearest the refectory of the people of Ceos.
I have said this much of the Hyperboreans, and let it suffice; for I do not tell the story of that Abaris, alleged to be a Hyperborean, who carried the arrow over the whole world, fasting all the while. But if there are men beyond the north wind, then there are others beyond the south. And I laugh to see how many have before now drawn maps of the world, not one of them reasonably; for they draw the world as round as if fashioned by compasses, encircled by the Ocean river, and Asia and Europe of a like extent. For myself, I will in a few words indicate the extent of the two, and how each should be drawn.
This extract is from: Herodotus. The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley, 1920), Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Cited Feb 2003 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains comments & interesting hyperlinks.
KYTHNOS (Island) KYKLADES
The expelled ( from Mount Oeta by Malians and Hearcles) Dryopes settled at Hermione and Asine in the Peloponnese, at Styra, and Carystus in Euboea; also in Cythnus and in Ionia
NAXOS (Island) KYKLADES
The Naxians are Ionians descended from Athens.
RHODES (Island) DODEKANISSOS
Homer clearly testifies that, among these, Rhodes and Cos were already inhabited by Greeks before the Trojan War
It is also related of the Rhodians that they have been prosperous by sea, not merely since the time when they founded the present city, but that even many years before the establishment of the Olympian Games they used to sail far away from their homeland to insure the safety of their people. Since that time, also, they have sailed as far as Iberia; and there they founded Rhodes, of which the Massaliotes later took possession; among the Opici they founded Parthenope; and among the Daunians they, along with the Coans, founded Elpiae. Some say that the islands called the Gymnesiae were founded by them after their departure from Troy; and the larger of these, according to Timaeus, is the largest of all islands alter the seven--Sardinia, Sicily, Cypros, Crete, Euboea, Cyrnos, and Lesbos, but this is untrue, for there are others much larger. It is said that "gymnetes " are called "balearides" by the Phoenicians, and that on this account the Gymnesiae were called Balearides. Some of the Rhodians took up their abode round Sybaris in Chonia. The poet, too, seems to bear witness to the prosperity enjoyed by the Rhodians from ancient times, forthwith from the first founding of the three cities:
and there his people settled in three divisions by tribes, and were loved of Zeus, who is lord over gods and men; and upon them,wondrous wealth was shed by the son of Cronus.
Other writers refer these verses to a myth, and say that gold rained on the island at the time when Athena was born from the head of Zeus, as Pindar states.
This extract is from: The Geography of Strabo (ed. H. L. Jones, 1924), Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Cited Feb 2003 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains comments & interesting hyperlinks.
KAMIROS (Ancient city) RHODES
The Dorians formed three city states on the island: Ialysos, Lindos, Kameiros.
KOS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
The Rhodians, like the people of Halicarnassus and Cnidus and Cos, are Dorians; for of the Dorians who founded Megara after the death of Codrus, some remained there, others took part with Althaemenes the Argive in the colonization of Crete, and others were distributed to Rhodes and to the cities just now mentioned. But these events are later than those mentioned by Homer, for Cnidus and Halicarnassus were not yet in existence, although Rhodes and Cos were; but they were inhabited by Heracleidae. (Strabo 14.2.6)
RHODES (Island) DODEKANISSOS
Heliadae (Heliadai), a people said to have succeeded the Telchines
as inhabitants of the island of Rhodes, and to have been produced from the earth
by the agency of the solar heat, whence their name, from Helios. (Strab. xiv.
p. 654.) They are further said to have been skilled in all the arts, especially
in astronomy, to have advanced navigation, and to have divided the year into days
and hours. (Diod. Sic. v. 57.) In consequence of the Heliadae, the whole island
of Rhodes was sacred to the sun, who favoured it so much that not a day passed
in the whole course of a year during which the island was not warmed by his rays.
(Plin. ii. 62; comp.)
IOS (Island) KYKLADES
Because of touristic development, only a few traditional elements have been preserved on the island. The traditional suit of clothes for men is composed of a head covering, called "sokardi" or "geleki", a girdle, breeches, socks, leather shoes and the usual underwear. For women, the equivalent suit of clothes consists of underwear, a "karkali", a "sopinamiko brouzitsenio", a "sokardi", a "kontogouni", a silk skirt, a shawl to cover the shoulders, or, in winter, a short wrap called "boksadaki". On their heads, the women wear a peculiar kerchief known as "Venetian cover".
Ios organises a number of public festivals. Best known are those of the 24th of June (Pirgos), the 24th of August
(Gullies, Vardoumi), the 29th of August (Psathi, Kalamos), and of the 8th of September (St. Theodoti, Paliokastro). These festivals are not just religious ceremonies, but occasions to enjoy local specialities, traditional music and dances.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the University of Patras' XENIOS DIAS website URL below.
PAROS (Island) KYKLADES
break treaties like the Parians
KOS (Island) DODEKANISSOS
Αttempt to repel Herakles, their muster for the Trojan war, settle in Andros, tell myth about Polybotes, dedicate statue at Olympia, Coan lady, daughter of Hegetorides, released by Pausanias.
DODEKANISSOS (Island complex) GREECE
The inhabitants of the islands keep to a traditionally light diet.
They find nourishment mainly in vegetarian food (vegetables, greens), dairy foods
(which are prepared even today by traditional methods), honey of exceptional quality
as well as in fresh fish which are cooked according to traditional local recipes.
(Text: Manolis Makris)
This text is cited February 2004 from the Dodekanissos
Union of Municipalities & Communities pamphlet.
TINOS (Island) KYKLADES
Primarily, Tinos was an island of religious tourism and pilgrimage.
Several factors had an important social-economic impact on the island's development:
first of all, the discovery of an icon and the construction of a marble church
for its shrine. Secondly, the development of a sea route, after World War II.
Rapid increase of religious tourism went hand in hand with a growth of the town's
population. Emigration was limited. Tinians stayed on, if not in their own villages,
then at least on their island. In a period of about 40 years (1940 - 1981), the
population of Tinos decreased by about 32 %. In 1940, about 25 % of its population
was concentrated in the city. Today, about 75 % of the islanders live in the city.
Folklore, part of the cultural inheritance of Tinos, possesses its
own typical features, originating in both orthodox and catholic traditions. A
significant number of parishioners has always remained faithful to the rites of
the western church, for instance the holy communion.
Tinian dialect originally belongs to the northern version of the Greek
language. Its main feature is the omission of vowels and diphthongs, the altering
of consonants (ex."glepoun" instead of "vlepoun"), the omission of unstressed
vowels (ex. "ktlo" instead of "koutoulo"), the changing of -o into -ou etc. Traces
of western influence may also be noticed in the names of people.
Tinians are well-known for their deep religious feelings and special
affection for the Virgin Mary.
The people of Tinos are mainly involved in farming. They grow oats,
barley, corn and clover, as well as a great variety of vegetables. Moreover, their
orchards produce oranges, lemons, tangerines, pears, pomegranates and plums. Olive
- and fig trees abound. Large areas of vineyards yield superior white and red
wines.
Silk production flourished till the beginning of the last century.
Stock-breeding for the consumption of beef and pork, along with poultry farming
and sheep raising are the main occupations of farmers on Tinos. Apart from this,
they breed pigeons, are fond of fishing, beekeeping and hunting. They also work
in different small industries.The tourist sector involves more and more people
with every passing year.
This text is cited Apr 2003 from the University of Patras' XENIOS DIAS website URL below.
PAROS (Island) KYKLADES
Demeter: queen of the land of sweet Eleusis and sea-girt Paros (Homeric Hymn To Demeter 2.491)
Tellis appears as a youth in years, and Cleoboea as still a maiden, holding on her knees a chest such as they are wont to make for Demeter. All I heard about Tellis was that Archilochus the poet was his grandson, while as for Cleoboea, they say that she was the first to bring the orgies of Demeter to Thasos from Paros.(Paus. 10,28,3)
The special cult of Demeter at Paros is attested by the title Demetrias applied to the whole island. Archilochus composed a hymn to Demeter at Paros. The cult is also known by an inscr. from Paros "demetri thesmophoroi kai korei kai dii euboulei kai baboi (= Bauboi)." An ear of corn and the head of Demeter are common types on the coinage.
RHODES (Island) DODEKANISSOS
Dendritis, the goddess of the tree, occurs as a surname of Helen at Rhodes, and
the following story is related to account for it. After the death of Menelaus,
Helen was driven from her home by two natural sons of her husband. She fled to
Rhodes, and sought the protection of her friend Polyxo, the widow of Tlepolemus.
But Polyxo bore Helen a grudge, since her own husband Tlepolemus had fallen a
victim in the Trojan war. Accordingly, once while Helen was bathing, Polyxo sent
out her servants in the disters. guise of the Erinnyes, with the command to hang
Helen on a tree. For this reason the Rhodians afterwards built a sanctuary to
Helena Dendritis. (Paus. iii. 19.10.)
Halia. A sister of the Telchines in Rhodes, by whom Poseidon had six sons and one daughter, Rhodos or Rhode, from whom the island of Rhodes received its name. Halia, after leaping into the sea, received the name of Leucothea, and was worshipped as a divine being by the Rhodians. (Diod. v. 55)
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