History
The ninth Greek island and the sixteenth of the Mediterranean with extent of 476 t. km and population 32000. It is found in the eastern part of the Aegean and is separated from the Mykali of Small Asia with the eptastadio strait (nearest distance
1280m.). Full of green with tall mountains (the root sam - means tall place) and a lot of water. The mountain Kerkis is `the tallest mountain of Aegean afterwards Sao of Samothrace. At old times had also other names as Virgin to price of glorify God Hera and Anthemis, Doryssa, Dryousa, Cypresses, Melamfylos and Fylla's for her unique natural wealth. First residents
Kares, Leleges and Pelasgoi. First king Arkas Agkaios. Samos was claimed by many and three times in history was claimed from
mixed Greek fanctions and always existed the Bulwark of Ionio and in the core of Ionian Dodekapolis (Panionion). For the fertility Menadros says "and hens bring milk". Samos gave birth important people of science and art (the mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras, the astronomer Aristarxos, architect and sculptor Roikos and Theodoros, the astronomer Kononas, the writer Douri, the doctor Erasistrato, the grammatic Kallistratos, the philosopher Mellissios, the painter Theona, the mechanic Mandrokli) accommodated also important people the myth writer Aesop, the poet Anakreonta, the philosopher Epikouros who was given birth on the island and the musical Ivikos. On tyranny the genious, ambitious and conscientious Polykratis was confirmed as sea emperor of Samos in the Eastern Mediterranean that had begun with Geomorous and became known technical works and important buildings (Temple of Hera, Jetty of city, the amphistomous tunnel of water feeder by mechanic Eupalino). Samos founded colonies in the Aegean, the Samian sailor Kolaios at 620 b.C. comes out from Gibraltar in the Atlantic and makes commercial relations with the Tartisso. It continues big conflict between Athens and Samos for commercial and defensive reasons and at 439 B.C. after from a naval battle of Pericles with the Mellisso in Samiopoula (Anc. Tragia) the Samian navy were defeated!