Thásos

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Thá·sos (th

, thä

sôs)

An island of northeast Greece in the northern Aegean Sea. It was colonized by Phoenicians and later ruled by Athens, Rome, Byzantium, and Turkey. The island was ceded to Greece in 1913.

Thásos [ˈθæsɒs]

(Placename) a Greek island in the N Aegean: colonized by Greeks from Paros in the 7th century bc as a gold-mining centre; under Turkish rule (1455-1912). Pop.: 13 110 (latest est.). Area: 379 sq. km (146 sq. miles)

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