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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Ancient Andros, Ancient Delos, Ancient Melos, Ancient Thera, Cycladic civilization, Duchy of the Archipelago, Delian League, Venus de Milo, Phemonoe, Minoan eruption, Melian dialogue, Andria, Joseph Nasi, Marino Sanuto the Elder, Cycladic art, Akrotiri, Frying pans, Keros, Phylakopi, Delos Synagogue, Therasia, Olen, Nicholas Crispo, Lord of Syros, Paleopolis, Andros, Lygdamis of Naxos, Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art, Amphis, Guglielmazzo Sanudo, Lord of Gridia, Neorion, Rineia, Maria Sanudo, Lady of Andros, Domenico Sommaripa, Lord of Paros and Andros, Sellada, Marco Sanudo, Lord of Gridia, Nicolo I Sommaripa, Lord of Paros, Tercier of Negroponte, Battle of Melos, Gaspare Sommaripa, Lord of Paros, Fiorenza I Sanudo, Lady of Milos, Antiphanes of Delos, Francesco II Gattilusio, Lord of Lesbos, Giovanni dalle Carceri, Agora of the Competaliasts, Battle of Andros, Marco Sanudo, Lord of Milos, Antonio Crispo, Governor of the Duchy of the Archipelago, Fiorenza II Crispo, Co-Lady of Milos, Giovanni Michiel, Co-Lord of Serifos, Maria Crispo, Co-Lady of Milos, Pietro Zeno, Lord of Andros and Syros, Anthony Crispo, Lord of Syros, Dragonetto Clavelli, Lord of Nisyros, Giacomo Crispo, Governor of the Duchy of the Archipelago, Angelo II Gozzadini, Lord of Sifnos and Kythnos, Themison of Thera. Excerpt: The Cyclades (Greek: / Kyklades) are Greek islands located in the southern part of the Aegean Sea. The archipelago contains some 2,200 islands, islets and rocks; just 33 islands are inhabited. For the ancients, they formed a circle ( / kyklos in Greek) around the sacred island of Delos, hence the name of the archipelago. The best-known are, from north to south and from east to west: Andros, Tinos, Mykonos, Naxos, Amorgos, Syros, Paros and Antiparos, Ios, Santorini, Anafi, Kea, Kythnos, Serifos, ...