Siphnus

Siphnus, Greek island of the Cyclades (Modern Greek: Kykládes) group, consisting of a limestone ridge whose principal peaks, Profíts Ilías (2,277 feet [694 metres]) and Áyios Simeón (1,624 feet [495 metres]), are crowned by Byzantine churches. It constitutes a dímos (municipality) in the South Aegean (Nótio Aigaío) periféreia (region). In antiquity Siphnus was colonized by Athens. Its gold and silver mines financed a treasury at Delphi about 525 bce, but by the 1st century ce...