SYROS
Greece.
An island in the Cyclades
group, cited in the
Odyssey (15.414) as the kingdom of
the father of Eumaios. It seems to have been colonized
by Athens, and appeared in the tribute lists of the
Delio-Attic League. Modern Hermoupolis, the port on
the E coast, is the site of one of the ancient centers, but
almost no trace of it remains. Near Chalandriani in the
N of Syros an ancient Cycladian necropolis was discovered in 1895. Recently on an upland near Kastri a settlement from the same period (Ancient Cycladian II)
has been found, with partially preserved fortification
walls. The greater part of the finds are at the National
Museum in Athens. There is also a small museum at
Hermoupolis.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
X. Tsountas, “Kykladica,”
ArchEph
(1899) 77ff
PI; W. Zschietzschmann,
RE IV A (1900)
1789ff; J. L. Caskey, “Chalandriani in Syros,”
Essays in
Memory of K. Lehmann (1964) 63-68; E. M. Bossert, “Kastri auf Syros,”
Deltion 22 (1967) 53ff
PI.
M. G. PICOZZI
