Talk:Naxos

wrong birthplace of Zeus

Zeus in most traditions is raised on Crete, not Naxos.

Htroyano (talk) 01:01, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Wrong historical event

"In 502 BCE the inhabitants of Naxos rebelled against their masters in the Persian Empire; this revolt led to the larger Ionian Revolt, and then to the Persian War between Greece and Persia".

Up to 490 BC, Naxos was indepentent of Persian Empire. No revolt in 502 BC.

--IonnKorr 20:22, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Etymology of Naxos

It is possible that the name "Naxos" is related, etymologically, with name "Nysa'.

Note: Nysa is the birth-city of god Dionysus.

--IonnKorr 21:34, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Actually... The idea that Dionysus is "Dio-" + "nysus" is just one of many loose ideas floating around aimlessly both online and in books that strangely managed to get published. Nice try, but we can't seriously morph *Nysa into Naxos without chucking linguistic science right out the window. Mr. Spock would tell you that you've built an assumption on another assumption. How illogical. --Glengordon01 00:09, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Wrong?

The picture on the dukes of naxos is fishy the kingdom of Armenia was north of anatalia(Turkey) not west of antioch.--Jon T Bruinline 02:27, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

no - it's fine - the kingdom of Armenia has been larger still and further east and north of that shown on the map. It basically died with the crusader states. --5telios 15:37, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

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Emery deposits?

I was looking for information on emery deposits, for which Naxos is famous, and information on the geology of the island. Could some knowledgeable person please add information on this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.227.15.253 (talk) 10:10, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Area

The area given by the General for the Aegean and Island Policy of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries is significantly smaller: 389.43 km². That seems fairly official, but I thought I'd wait to see if anyone has a source for 429 km². Lesgles (talk) 19:14, 1 November 2014 (UTC)