Example sentences for: cyclades

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

  • Popular traditional themes are Cycladic figures (especially on the Cyclades islands) or pottery with scenes taken from ancient Greek frescoes or mosaics.

  • From a power base in Anatolia, the Persians overran the eastern Aegean Islands and set their sights on the Cyclades.

  • The most accessible islands from Athens are the Cyclades to the southeast, thrown like a handful of pebbles into the sea.

  • You will find original examples in the archaeological museums throughout the Cyclades, although one of the earliest examples is in the museum on Paros.

  • In 1566, they wrested Chios from the Genoese, bolstering their hold on the eastern Aegean Islands, but the Cyclades remained in Venetian hands for another generation or more — Tinos was the last to fall in 1715.


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