Scyros

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Scyros is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, historically notable as the legendary place where the hero Theseus met his death.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Scyros canonical 2
island of Scyros 1
island of Skyros 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek island
island
capital Skyros Town
surface form: Skyros (town)
country Greece
countryCallingCode +30
governedAs municipality of Greece
hasAirport Skyros Island National Airport
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
tourism
hasHeritageAnimalBreed Skyrian horse
hasHighestPoint Mount Olympos (Skyros)
hasHighestPointElevation 792 metres
hasLargestSettlement Skyros Town
surface form: Skyros (town)
hasMunicipalityStatusSince 2011 local government reform
hasMythologicalAssociation Achilles hiding among the daughters of King Lycomedes
death of Theseus
hasMythologicalFigure Achilles
Theseus
hasMythologicalKing Lycomedes
hasNotableFeature Byzantine and post-Byzantine churches
archaeological sites from classical and Hellenistic periods
coastal cliffs and sandy beaches
traditional Skyrian architecture
hasPort Port of Linaria
hasPostalCodePrefix 34007
hasProtectedArea Natura 2000 sites on and around the island
hasTraditionalFestival Skyros Carnival
hasTraditionalProduct Skyrian ceramics
Skyrian woodcarving
local cheeses
historicallyNotableFor breeding of Skyrian horses
traditional shipbuilding and seafaring
locatedIn Aegean Sea
Northern Sporades
surface form: Sporades archipelago
locatedInBodyOfWater Aegean Sea
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time
locatedNorthOf Cyclades
locatedSoutheastOf Euboea
mentionedInWork Life of Theseus
surface form: Plutarch’s Life of Theseus

various ancient Greek mythological traditions
officialLanguage Greek
partOf Northern Sporades
surface form: Northern Sporades (cultural-geographic grouping)

Sterea Ellada (administrative region)
surface form: Region of Central Greece

Euboea regional unit
surface form: Regional Unit of Euboea
vehicleRegistrationCode ΧΑ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theseus deathPlace Scyros
Lycomedes of Scyros (in some traditions) realm Scyros
subject surface form: Lycomedes of Scyros
this entity surface form: island of Scyros
Lycomedes of Scyros (in some traditions) associatedPlace Scyros
subject surface form: Lycomedes of Scyros
Skyrian horse breedingLocation Scyros
this entity surface form: island of Skyros