Delos
The small rocky and barren island of Delos with shores full of reefs, has been the most important religious center of the Greeks and especially the Ionians since the pre-Homeric years, as according to the ancient myth this is the place where Apollo, the god of sun and light, was born, and his worship marked the Greek world decisively. He was considered the god of order and political organization, the interpreter of the will of the supreme Zeus, and the one who firmly guided the actions of the ancient Greeks.
Delos is not a museum; Delos is not there to tell a story. Delos is history itself. The ruins of Delos constitute the largest archaeological site in Europe and a UNESCO world heritage site, located just about two miles from Mykonos. The authenticity of the site has not been challenged. The only modern constructions on the island are the Museum, the refectory and a few small houses for the personnel, which were necessary for the functioning of the property as an archaeological site.
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The “Terrace of the Lions”, dedicated to Apollo by the people of Naxos shortly before 600 BCE. It originally had nine to twelve squatting, snarling marble guardian lions along the Sacred Way; one is inserted over the main gate to the Venetian Arsenal. The lions create a monumental avenue comparable to Egyptian avenues of sphinxes. Today only seven of the original lions remain.
The Doric Temple of Isis was built on a high over-looking hill at the beginning of the Roman period to venerate the familiar trinity of Isis, the Alexandrian Serapis and Anubis.
The Minoan Fountain was a monumental public fountain hewn directly from the natural rock. It is located directly behind the Stoa of Antigonos outside the temenos of the Sanctuary of Apollo on the island of Delos. The fountainhouse formalized the use of the sacred spring, and was dedicated to the Cult of the Nymphs.