Skyros

[ skahy-ros, -rohs; Greek skee-raws ]

/ ˈskaɪ rɒs, -roʊs; Greek ˈski rɔs /

a Greek island in the W Aegean: the largest island of the Northern Sporades. 81 sq. mi. (210 sq. km).

Example sentences from the Web for skyros

Now of this reef lying exactly in the middle of the fairway they were informed by Pammon of Skyros.

The History Of Herodotus |Herodotus
Kimon also led a colony to Skyros, which island was taken by Kimon on the following pretext.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume II |Aubrey Stewart & George Long
He could have no lovelier one than Skyros, and no quieter resting place.

Shandygaff |Christopher Morley
I brought him from Skyros, myself, in a ship to Troy, and placed him in the Greek army.

Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca |Homer

The merchants escaped from prison, and laid a complaint against the people of Skyros before the Amphiktyonic council.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume II |Aubrey Stewart & George Long

Skyros

/ (ˈskiːrɒs) /

a Greek island in the Aegean, the largest island in the N Sporades. Pop: 2602 (2001). Area: 199 sq km (77 sq miles) Modern Greek name: Skíros