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Delos East Gate of the Gods Delos is located in the middle of an island complex whose colonists are basically Ionian, who at least since 700 B.C. organized common celebrations in Delos. When it became famous as a religious center, it was claimed by many cities like Naxos and Paros, but it was the Athenians who took it under their protection circa in 540 B.C. removing all of the graves from the island. In 426 B.C. it was forbidden to the Delians to die on the island.
Delos In the 6th century B.C., with the final conquest of Eleusis, what was a religious theory started to be materialized with the removal of the graves from the island to the nearby island Rineia (image XIV); namely the creation of Life (Delos) in the east and Death (Necromanteion) in the west. Moreover, during the Delian celebrations, the executions in Athens were postponed, as in the case of Socrates.
! Image XIV-XV-XVI Š 2002 A. Baltoyannis
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