Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Delos' has mentioned 'Delos' in the following places:
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| For other uses, see Delos (disambiguation). | WIKI |
| The island of Delos (/xcbx88dixcbx90lxc9x92s/; Greek: xcex94xcexaexcexbbxcexbfxcfx82 [xcbx88xc3xb0ilos]; Attic: xcex94xe1xbfx86xcexbbxcexbfxcfx82, Doric: xcex94xe1xbexb6xcexbbxcexbfxcfx82), near Mykonos, near the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece. | WIKI |
| Delos had a position as a holy sanctuary for a millennium before Olympian Greek mythology made it the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. | WIKI |
| The island of Delos, Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann, 1847 | WIKI |
| [2] By the writing of the Odyssey, the island was already famous as the birthplace of the twin gods Apollo and Artemis (although there seems to be some confusion of Artemis' birthplace being either Delos or the island of Ortygia). | WIKI |
| Between 900xc2xa0BC and 100 AD, Delos was a major cult centre where Dionysus and Titaness Leto, mother of the twin deities Apollo and Artemis, were revered. | WIKI |
| Eventually acquiring Panhellenic religious significance, Delos was initially a religious pilgrimage for the Ionians. | WIKI |
| Suda writes that the Greeks used the proverb xe1xbex8cxcexb4xcexb5xcexb9xcfx82 xe1xbdxa5xcfx83xcfx80xcexb5xcfx81 xcexb5xe1xbcxb0xcfx82 xcex94xe1xbfx86xcexbbxcexbfxcexbd xcfx80xcexbbxcexadxcfx89xcexbd, meaning you sing as if sailing into Delos in reference to someone who is happy, light-hearted and enjoying himself. | WIKI |
| Strabo states that in 166xc2xa0BC the Romans converted Delos into a free port, which was partially motivated by seeking to damage the trade of Rhodes, at the time the target of Roman hostility. | WIKI |
| In 167 or 166xc2xa0BC, after the Roman victory in the Third Macedonian War, the Roman Republic ceded the island of Delos to the Athenians, who expelled most of the original inhabitants. | WIKI |
| The Roman destruction of Corinth in 146xc2xa0BC allowed Delos to at least partially assume Corinth's role as the premier trading center of Greece. | WIKI |
| However, Delos' commercial prosperity, construction activity, and population waned significantly after the island was assaulted by the forces of Mithridatesxc2xa0VI of Pontus in 88 and 69xc2xa0BC, during the Mithridatic Wars with Rome. | WIKI |
| [8] Before the end of the 1stxc2xa0century BC, trade routes had changed; Delos was replaced by Puteoli as the chief focus of Italian trade with the East, and as a cult-centre too it entered a sharp decline. | WIKI |
| Despite its decline, Delos maintained some population in the early Roman Imperial period. | WIKI |
| Pausanias (8,33,2), writing in 2nd c. AD, states that Delos was uninhabited apart from a few custodians of the sanctuaries. | WIKI |
| Delos was eventually abandoned around the 8th century AD. | WIKI |
| In 1990, UNESCO inscribed Delos on the World Heritage List, citing it as the "exceptionally extensive and rich" archaeological site which "conveys the image of a great cosmopolitan Mediterranean port". | WIKI |
| Iamblichus writes that there were Delos Mysteries (similar to the Eleusinian Mysteries). | WIKI |
| Temple of the Delians, Delos; 19th century pen-and-wash restoration. | WIKI |
| (There is a Greek sphinx in the Delos Museum.) | WIKI |
| The Delos Synagogue, the oldest synagogue known today. | WIKI |
| Delos, even though a small (350.64 ha), rocky island in the centre of the Aegean Sea, was considered as xe2x80x9cthe most sacred of all islandsxe2x80x9d (Callimachus, 3rd century BC) in ancient Greek culture. | UNESCO |
| After 167 BC, as a result of the declaration of Delos as a free port, all the commercial activity of the eastern Mediterranean was concentrated on the isle. | UNESCO |
| Delos was attacked and looted twice: in 88 BC by Mithridates, the King of Pontus, an enemy of the Romans, and later, in 69xc2xa0BC, by the pirates of Athenodorus, an ally of Mithridates. | UNESCO |
| Captured after its abandonment successively by the Byzantines, Slavs, Saracens, the Venetians, the Knights of St. John and the Ottomans, Delos was turned into a quarry site with its temple columns burnt for lime, and its houses left in ruins. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): Delos had considerable influence on the development of architecture and monumental arts during the Greco-Roman period, as seen in the immense Hellenistic sanctuary. | UNESCO |
| A great part of its treasure of masterpieces was found during the excavations and is exhibited today in Delosxe2x80x99 Museum. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iii): The island of Delos bears unique witness to the civilizations of the Aegean world since the 3rd millennium BC. | UNESCO |
| From the 7th century BC to the pillage by Athenodoros in 69 BC, the island of Delos was one of the principal Pan-Hellenic sanctuaries. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The archaeological site of Delos provides an outstanding example of an architectural ensemble that restores the image of an extremely important cosmopolitan Mediterranean port that began to prosper since 314 BC, reaching outstanding levels during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vi): Delos is directly and tangibly associated with one of the principal myths of Hellenic civilisation. | UNESCO |
| Delos was preserved through the centuries due to the fact that it remained uninhabited since the 7th century AD and due to its remote location. | UNESCO |
| Among the major factors that affect the monuments of Delos are the strong north winds that dominate the central Aegean region and its proximity to the sea. | UNESCO |
| The entire island of Delos is an archaeological site, protected under the provisions of Law 3028/2002 xe2x80x9cOn the Protection of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage in generalxe2x80x9d. | UNESCO |
| All the works carried out in the archaeological site are supervised by the Committee for the Conservation of the Monuments of Delos, a scientific body that plans, supervises and executes work programmes for the conservation, support and restoration of the monuments, as well as for the presentation and protection of the property. | UNESCO |
| Many projects have been implemented on the vast archaeological site of Delos in recent years, with funding from the European Union and the Greek State. | UNESCO |