Therasia, also known as Thirasía ( el, Θηρασία), is an island in the volcanic island group of
Santorini
Santorini ( el, Σαντορίνη, ), officially Thira ( Greek: Θήρα ) and classical Greek Thera (English pronunciation ), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the Greek mainland. It is t ...
in the
Greek
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Cyclades
The Cyclades (; el, Κυκλάδες, ) are an island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece. They are one of the island groups which constitute the Aegean archipelago. The name ...
. It lies north-west of
Nea Kameni, a small island formed in recent centuries by volcanic activity and thus marking the centre of the island group. Therasia is the second largest island of the group, the largest by far being
Thera
Santorini ( el, Σαντορίνη, ), officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα ) and classical Greek Thera (English pronunciation ), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the Greek mainland. It is the ...
.
Therasia has a land area of and its population was 319 inhabitants at the 2011 census. It is part of the
municipal unit of
Oia (Δημοτική Ενότητα Οίας).
Thera and Therasia were separated by the
Thera eruption.
At
Knossos
Knossos (also Cnossos, both pronounced ; grc, Κνωσός, Knōsós, ; Linear B: ''Ko-no-so'') is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city.
Settled as early as the Neolithic period, the na ...
, in a LMIIIA context (14th century BC), seven
Linear B
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texts while calling upon "all the gods" make sure to grant primacy to an elsewhere-unattested entity called ''qe-ra-si-ja'' and, once, qe-ra-si-jo. However this probably refers to a god or a person rather than to an island *Qherasia > Therasia. Anciently, the island of Therasia possessed a town of the same name.
''Thirasia'' is also the book of Greek poet
Dimitris Varos
Dimitris Varos ( el, Δημήτρης Βάρος; 1949 – 7 September 2017, Athens) was a Greek poet, journalist, and photographer.
Career
He has been director and editor-in-chief of many Greek national newspapers, including Chiakos Laos, Acr ...
that became a music album and theatrical performance by Greek composer
Giannis Markopoulos
Yannis Markopoulos ( el, Γιάννης Μαρκόπουλος; born 18 March 1939) is a Greek composer.
Biography
Early life and education
Yannis Markopoulos was born in 1939 in Heraklion, Crete. From one of the old families of the island— ...
under the title ''Daring Communication - Electric Theseus''.
Villages
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Agía Eiríni (pop. 39 in 2011)
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Agrilia (2)
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Manolas (160)
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Ormos Korfou (5)
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Potamos (113)
Historical population
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial Facebook Page
Santorini
Islands of Greece
Ancient Thera
Landforms of Thira (regional unit)
Islands of the South Aegean
Cyclades
Populated places in Thira (regional unit)
Populated places in the ancient Aegean islands
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