Delos is a small , rocky island, no more than 5 km long and 1.300 m. wide , for Ancient Greeks it was the most sacred place, because Apollo and Artemis , two of the most important deities of the Greek pantheon, were born there. It is situated in the heart of the Argean, in the centre of the Cyclades that form a dance circle around it "hearth of the islands" Callimachus (3rd cent BC) calls it, shrine and centre of the islands.
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