MYKONOS (island in Myconos)
Island in the Cyclades, Greece
- Kind of place
- Island
- Region
- Myconos
- Where
- 37.45° N, 25.33° E
The island is described as being barren. Athenaeus 1.14 The island features a mountain known as Dimastus. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.22 ¶1 The body of Ajax was buried on this island by Thetis. Apollodorus, Epitome 6.6
Described in the sources
Myconos is located fifteen miles away from the island of Delos. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.22 ¶1 +1 Myconos is an island off the projecting arm of the sea, close to the speaker's land. Aeschylus, Persians 879-887 +1 Coiranus was shipwrecked near this island. Athenaeus 13.85 The beach of Myconos will be covered with many corpses. Euripides, The Trojan Women 48-97 Myconos is one of the islands that make up the Cyclades group. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.22 ¶1 Datis arrived at the island with his army during his journey to Asia. Herodotus 6.118.1 The Icarian Sea is the body of water located between Samos and Myconos. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.18 ¶8 Mykonos is grouped with other islands like Lesbos, Samos, Chios, Paros, Naxos, and Andros. Aeschylus, Persians 879-887
Stories and history
Minos joined Myconos to his side before the war. Ovid Met. 7.402-468 (4) The people are noted for attending banquets without being invited. Athenaeus 1.14 The inhabitants are characterized as sordid and covetous due to their poverty. Athenaeus 1.14