Tínos

Tínos, island in the Cyclades (Modern Greek: Kykládes) group of Greek Aegean islands; in antiquity it was known as the “island of the winds,” the modern name being derived from the Phoenician tenok, meaning “snake”; in ancient times it was also called Ophiousa. It constitutes a dímos (municipality) and perifereiakí enótita (regional unit) in the South Aegean (Nótio Aigaío) periféreia (region). One of the largest of the Cyclades, it is a rugged mass of granite,...