Ferries to Cyclades Islands of Greece: August 2021

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Where Greek islands' names came from?

#Andros
The island was named after the Greek hero Andros or Andreas, a famous oracle, so great that he was given the island as a gift by Rhadamanthus, brother of Minos.

#Tinos
The island’s name comes from the Greek word “tanaos”, which means long and perfectly describes the island’s shape.

#Mykonos
Mykonos got its name from the first ruler and a local hero, Mykons, the son or grandson of god Apollo.

#Naxos
In ancient times, the island was named Dia, after the great ancient Greek god Zeus (“Dias” in Greek) because it was the largest island in the Cyclades. It was renamed when Naxos, son of Endymion, settled on the island.

#Paros
In Greek, Paros means beach. It was given this name because of its many beautiful beaches.

#Amorgos
The island’s name derives from a plant called amorgi that was used by ancient Greeks to make flax, a transparent linen. Therefore, garments from Amorgos were very popular in ancient Greece.

Delos
In ancient Greek, the name Delos means make myself visible. According to the myth, when Leto was pregnant to Artemis and Apollo by Zeus, no place on Earth would let her give birth because afterwards this place would suffer the wrath of Hera. This is when, by miracle of Zeus, a new place emerged from the sea so that Leto could give birth on it. This place was the island of Delos, that later became the sacred island of Apollo.

#Ios
One version says that Ios took its name from the ancient Greek work Ia, which means flowers, due to the abundant flowers that were growing on the island. Another version says that the name comes from the Phoenician word Ion which means rocks, for the rocky landscape.

#Folegandros
The name of Folegandros comes from the name of the first settler of the island and son of king Minos of Crete.

#Anafi 
Anafi has maintained its name unchanged since ancient times and even from ancient mythology. According to which, the Argonauts, returning to their homeland from Colchis, fell into a storm and drifted in the open sea. Shipwrecked at sea, they begged the god Apollo to save them. Apollo, responding to their calls, shed light upon the island in the form of lightning. They saw the island appear from the sea ahead of them where they then managed to cast anchor. There the Argonauts erected an altar in honor of Apollo “Aigletes” (the radiant) and named the island Anafi (from the verb "to bring to light").

#Sifnos
The island was named after Greek hero Sifnos, son of the hero Sounion and was the island’s first inhabitant.

#Milos
It was named after Greek hero Milos, who was the island’s first inhabitant. When Milos went hunting in Cyprus, he met and befriended Adonis. When Adonis died, Milos committed suicide under a tree.

#Chios
The Greek island acquired its name from Chioni (snow), daughter of Poseidon. When she was born on the island, it was snowing, therefore the island was named Chios. According to the legend, the island used to be a desert. After the snowfall, the land became fertile.

#Samos
The name is derived from the Mycenae word “sami” or “samos” which means hill near the coast. The geomorphology of Samos confirms its name, since the island has many mountains and hills.

#Lemnos
There are two interpretations for its name. The first one says that it comes from the Greek verb “leivo” which means “full of water” and the second claims that it comes from the word “liion pedion” which means rich plain, due to the island’s plains.

#Lesvos
The island of Lesvos took its name from Lesbus, the first settler and son of a Lapith, a legendary people of Greek mythology that were residing in Thessaly, mainland Greece.

#Ikaria
The island was named after Icarus, who attempted to fly with wings made of wax. When his wings melted, he fell into the sea and the waves washed his body ashore the island.

Crete
Its name means mighty, strong, powerful. Crete was one of the largest marine forces to ever exist. Its first guardians were names Curetes.

Euboea
The land of great cattle. It was named Euboea due to the large number of cattle herds that roamed the area.

Cephalonia
The island got its name from the hero Cephalus, the island’s first ruler, an Athenian leader and son of Dionysus. Cephalus was exiled from Athens for committing murder and settled on the island.

Lefkada
Homer named this Greek island from the Greek word “lefkas” because the soil used to be white.

Corfu
The Greek name of Corfu is Kerkyra. According to the myth, Poseidon fell in love with the beautiful nymph Korkyra, abducted and brought her to this island that was named after her. Gradually, the name Korkyra evolved to Kerkyra. The English name Corfu comes from the Byzantine name of the island, Coryfo, which actually means top because while the vessels were approaching to the island in the Medieval times, they first thing to see was the top of the Old Fortress.

Ithaca
The name derives from the Greek word “ithys” meaning straight, long. The elongated island.

Paxos
The name derives from the word passion (“pathos” in Greek). Poseidon, who had fallen madly in love with the nymph Amphitrite, could only make her love him if he gave her a part of land that was her own. So he lifted his secular trident, cut a piece of Corfu, which moved a bit further south, and gave it to the nymph.

Zakynthos
The name comes from Zakynthos, son of King Dardanos of Troy. When the Trojan expedition ended, Zakynthos and his people fled from Troy and lived on the island.

Angistri
In ancient times, the island was called Kekrifalia, which meant reef, because of its size and shape. Later, however, it was renamed to Angistri (hook) because it is hooked on Aegina.

Poros
Poros is actually two islands. One called Spheria, named after Spheros, charioteer of Pelop’s chariot (the Peloponnese was named after him), who died and was buried in that island. The other island was Kalavria (meaning “good aura” in Greek), named so because it had a good aura. The two islands became one because there is a small opening, a passage (“poros” in Greek) that separates the island from the mainland town of Galatas.

Aegina
The island is located near Athens and owes its name to Greek mythology and more specifically to the daughter of ancient Greek god Asopus, named Aegina. According to the legend, Zeus fell in love with the girl and took her to the island, which used to be named Oenone but was later given the girl’s name.

#Kos
The name derives from “kofos,” an island with many caves. The word “cave” also comes from the Greek word “kofos.”

#Rhodes
The island of Rhodes took its name from the flower rose (rodon in ancient Greek).

Kythera
The name of the island actually means “in secret” because Aphrodite was born there in secret. According to the legend the goddess was born from the waves near Cyprus, but she was then put in a shell, to keep her birth a secret. She was taken to Kythera where she was hidden until she grew up.

#Skopelos
The name of Skopelos literally means obstacle in Greek. It can be said that this rocky island was an obstacle for the ships in the old ages. The ancient name of Skopelos was Peparithos, from the first settler of the island and son of Dionysus and Ariadne.

#Alonissos
The name derives from the ancient Greek word “als” (sea) and the word “nisi” (island). It literally means an island in the middle of the sea. Even though Alonissos used to be named Ikos in ancient times, it was renamed in 1838.

#Skiathos
The name derives from the word “skia” (shade). Due to the large number of trees, the island is very shady. However, others believe that is was given the name because it is located in the shade of Mount Athos.

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