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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: 60. Chapters: Lesbos Prefecture, Boeotia, Arcadia, Samos Prefecture, Cyclades, Laconia, Achaea, Phocis, Pella, Zakynthos, Elis, Dodecanese, Drama, Magnesia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Athens Prefecture, Messenia, Pieria, Thessaloniki, Larissa, Chalkidiki, Karditsa, Corinthia, ISO 3166-2: GR, Serres, Imathia, Ioannina, Trikala, Kozani, Evros, Kilkis, Heraklion, Florina, Evrytania, Phthiotis, Thesprotia, Chania, Arta, Argolis, Lasithi, Preveza, East Attica, Grevena, Kastoria, Xanthi, Kavala, Rethymno, Euboea, West Attica, Corfu, Chios, Lefkada, Piraeus Prefecture, List of the prefectures of Greece by area, List of the prefectures of Greece by population density, Kefalonia and Ithaca Prefecture, Phthiotis and Phocis Prefecture, Argolis and Corinthia Prefecture, Attica and Boeotia Prefecture, Thrace Prefecture, Attica Prefecture. Excerpt: Zakynthos, also Zante, the other form often used in English and in Italian (Greek: Venetian: Zacinto), is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. It is also a separate peripheral unit of the Ionian Islands Periphery, and the only municipality of the peripheral unit. It covers an area of 410 km (158 sq mi) and its coastline is roughly 123 km (76 mi) in length. The island is named after Zakynthos, the son of a legendary Arcadian chief Dardanus. The name, like all similar names ending in -nthos, is pre-Mycenaean or Pelasgian in origin. Zakynthos has a thriving tourism industry. Flag of Zakynthos, depicting an ancient depiction of the founding hero Zakynthos. The quote underneath reads: "Freedom requires virtue and bravery," a famous verse by 19th century Zakynthian poet Andreas Kalvos.Zakynthos was inhabited from the Neolithic Age, as some archaeological excavations have proved. The famous ancient Greek poet and writer, Homer, first mentioned the island in his masterpieces, the Iliad and the Odyssey, ...
