id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7647 Naxos - Wikipedia .html text/html 3136 563 75 Naxos (/ˈnæksɒs, -soʊs/; Greek: Νάξος, pronounced [ˈnaksos]) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades. This name, Dia, which means 'heavenly' or 'divine', was applied to several small craggy islands in our [Aegean] sea, all of them lying close to larger islands, such as Crete or Naxos. Naxos was the first Greek city-state to attempt to leave the Delian League circa 476 BC; Athens quickly squashed the notion and forcibly removed all military naval vessels from the island's control. Herodotus describes Naxos circa 500 BC as the most prosperous Greek island.[8] Pope Martin I was detained on the island of Naxos for almost a year after he was arrested by Byzantine authorities in Rome due to his holding of a synod that condemned monotheletism. Duchy of Naxos[edit] Ottoman sovereignty lasted until 1821, when the islands revolted; Naxos finally became a member of the Greek state in 1832. Naxos is the most fertile island of the Cyclades. Islands of the Cyclades ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7647.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7647.txt