The Greek Islands have been a fascination of mine for years ever since I read Edith Hamilton’s Mythology as a child. This visit to my first two Greek islands, Mykonos and Delos, did not disappoint.

Photo taken on May 28, 2014 shows the remains of an ancient market on the island of Delos, Greece. According to Greek mythology, Apollo was born on this tiny island in the Cyclades archipelago.

During the classical period, the island served as the headquarters of the Delian League, a military alliance of ancient Greek states. After it was declared a free port in 167 B.C., Delos also ...

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Delos is a small, rocky island just west of Mykonos in Greece. Romain Delanoë / Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0. The Greek isle of Delos—once called “the most sacred of all islands”—is ...