| Sifnos (Greek: Σίφνος; the spelling Siphnos is obsolete in English but still used to refer to the island in ancient times) is an island municipality in the Cyclades island group in Greece. The main town, Apollonia (pop. 942) homes the island's folklore museum and library. The town's name is thought to come from an ancient temple of Apollo on the site of the church of Panayia Yeraniofora. The second-largest town is Artemonas, thought to be named after an ancient temple of Apollo's sister-goddess Artemis. The village of Kastro, built on top of a high cliff on the site of the ancient city of Siphnos, has extensive medieval remains and is the location of the island's archeological museum. The port settlement, on the west coast, is called Kamares.
Sifnos was inhabited from at least 4000 BC. Archeological evidence indicates that the island was within the mainstream of Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Cycladi civilization. Siphnos was very wealthy in ancient times, thanks gold, silver and lead being mined as early as the 3rd millenium BC. The treasury of Siphnians at Delphi (6th century BC) housed their offerings. According to Pausanias, the mines were obliterated by floods. |
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