Apollo and goddess Artemis, only a few things are known for Mykonos during
the Ancient Times.
We know, from excavations in the ancient site of Ftelia, that the first inhabitants
of the island were Cares, succeeded by Phoenicians, Egyptians
and then Minoans who were followed by the Ionians. The ancient Mykonos developed a great culture and in fact the earlieast amphora of the ancient times has been discovered on Mykonos and it is known as the Mykonos vase. |
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and built a Castle for its protection.
A century later, Georgios Gizi, the last Venetian ruler,
concede the island of Mykonos to Venice.
In 1537 Mykonos, with most of the Cycladic islands, came
under Turkish domination.
Because the
inhabitants of the island were great sailors, they provided
an important help to the War of Independence, offering
their 22 ships, their 500 members of the crew and their
140 canons to the Greek Revolution against the Turkish
yoke.
The heroic revolutionary figure of Mykonos is a woman,
Manto Mavrogenous, who financed the Revolution, helped
in the organisation of fights, participate to the Philiki
Etairia (Secret Revolutionary organisation) and managed
to organise troupes in order to revolt against the Turks
in 1822. |
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Tourism on Mykonos started to flourish in the early 1960s, when it became the favourite sheltermof artists and later of the hippies.
The archaeological site of Delos attracted more people on the island and today tourism is the top source of income for the residents. |
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