Example sentences for: aegean

How can you use “aegean” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • For serious collectors, there are genuine antiques for sale throughout the Aegean (anything made or produced before 1821 is officially classified as an antique).

  • In the succeeding centuries Byzantium, like the cities of the Aegean, fell under the sway of Athens, Sparta, Persia, Alexander, and Rome.

  • The Aegean Islands, which for centuries had been important ports on the trading routes, became the backwaters of this new transport network and the economies of several islands came close to collapse.

  • Iráklion comes as a surprise to travelers used to Greek islands further north in the Aegean Sea.

  • This museum celebrates the art dating from before the development of Athens city-state — discovered in the Cyclades islands of the Aegean (c2000–3000 b.c.) A wonderful collection of naïve figurines carved in marble was discovered in graves on the islands.


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