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SkIros[skE´rOs] Pronunciation Key or Scyros[sI´rus] Pronunciation Key, island (1991 pop. 2,901), c.80 sq mi (210 sq km), E Greece, in the Aegean Sea, largest of the N Sporades. It is a summer resort noted for its fine beaches and grottoes. SkIros is also known for the furniture designed by local artisans. In ancient legend Thetis concealed her son Achilles on SkIros; Neoptolemus, son of Achilles by Deidamia, was reared on the island; and Theseus was killed by Lycomedes there. SkIros was conquered c.469 B.C. by Athenians led by Cimon. The English poet Rupert Brooke, who died (1915) during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I, is buried on SkIros.
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