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    finally Skyros. At 209 km2 (81 sq mi), it is the largest island of the Sporades, and had a population of about 3,000 in 2021. The municipality Skyros is part...
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    lycomède à Skyros, reconnu par Ulysse, now kept in the Hôtel de Soubise Achilles on Skyros, mosaic from Zeugma, Commagene "Achilles at Skyros discovered...
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    Rupert Brooke (category Skyros)
    mosquito bite whilst aboard a French hospital ship moored off the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea. Brooke was born at 5 Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire...
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    March 2024. "Skyros - Britannica Concise" (description), Britannica Concise, 2006, webpage: EB-Skyros notes "including Skiathos, Skopelos, Skyros, and Alonnisos...
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    Σκύρου) is a breed of miniature horse found on the Greek isle of Skyros. The Skyros breed generally stands between 9.1 and 11 hands (92 to 115 cm) high...
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    Neoptolemus (category Skyros)
    hooked nose, round eyes, and shaggy eyebrows". In Cypria, Achilles sails to Skyros after a failed expedition to Troy, marries princess Deidamia and fathers...
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    Skyros Island National Airport (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Σκύρου) (IATA: SKU, ICAO: LGSY) is an airport serving the island of Skyros in Greece. It is...
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  • sister Helen from her first husband Theseus. The latter seeks refuge in Skyros, whose King Lycomedes is an old friend and ally. Lycomedes, however, considers...
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    dressed as a princess or at least a girl at the court of Lycomedes, king of Skyros. There, Achilles, properly disguised, lived among Lycomedes' daughters,...
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    south-east triclinium is Achilles on Skyros, painted on the east wall. This scene depicts Achilles stay on the island of Skyros. After learning that Achilles...
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