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Ionian Islands : Zakynthos flower of East , Die Blume des Ostens , Цветок Востока

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  History of the Island According to the mythology and writings of Homer, the island took the name Zakynthos from the grandson of Zeus and Electra, son of Dardanus, founder of Troy. Zakynthos was born in Frigia and sailed to the island in 1500 AD, where he took it and gave it his name. Another view argues that an older name of the island was Iria, a view which is verified by the existence of the village of GyriObviously it is a reference to this nameThe first written reference was made by Homer who described Zakynthos as an island full of forests, claims that the settlers of the Island were from the Peloponnese and more specifically from Arcadia. There is evidence to confirm this claim, as the tradition and past of the Arcades and the Zacinthians are similar, such as their worship of Apollo. Another mythological view is that Artemis the goddess of hunting used to wander on the island of Zakynthos, enjoying the forest as it was ideal for hunting. It is also famous that her brother Apoll

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Because all we want to make our holidays more comfortable and not complicate, here we have  solution to find everything we want inside. The main objective of this blog is to become the tool, the guide of every visitor of our country, so that to know every corner of Greece through the eyes of a Greek.