Naxos
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- Naxos (island)Naxos (island)Naxos is a Greek island, the largest island in the Cyclades island group in the Aegean. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture....
, an island in the Cyclades group- Naxos (city)Naxos (city)Naxos is a town and a former municipality on the island of Naxos, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Naxos and Lesser Cyclades, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It has 6,533 inhabitants . The Naxos municipal unit covers an...
, a town and former municipality on the island of Naxos - Naxos (peripheral unit)Naxos (peripheral unit)Naxos is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of South Aegean. The regional unit covers the islands of Naxos, Amorgos, Donousa, Irakleia, Schoinoussa, the Koufonisia islands and several smaller islands in the Aegean Sea....
, a Greek government division created from the former Cyclades Prefecture in 2011 - Naxos and Lesser CycladesNaxos and Lesser CycladesNaxos and Lesser Cyclades is a municipality in the Naxos peripheral unit, South Aegean Periphery, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Naxos...
, one of two municipalities within the peripheral unit - Naxos Island National AirportNaxos Island National AirportNaxos Island National Airport is an airport in Naxos, Greece .-Airlines and destinations:...
- Duchy of Naxos (Duchy of the ArchipelagoDuchy of the ArchipelagoThe Duchy of the Archipelago or also Duchy of Naxos or Duchy of the Aegean was a maritime state created by Venetian interests in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea, in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, centered on the islands of Naxos and Paros.-Background and establishment of the...
), a maritime state created by the Venetians between 1207-1579
- Naxos (city)
- Naxos (Crete)Naxos (Crete)Naxos or Naxus was an ancient town of Crete, according to the Scholiast celebrated for its whetstones. Some classicists have doubted the existence of this city. The islands Crete and Naxos were famed for their whetstones , hence the confusion.Modern scholarship and archaeology seem to confirm its...
, an ancient Greek city in Crete - Naxos (Sicily)Naxos (Sicily)Naxos or Naxus , was an ancient city of Sicily, on the east coast of the island between Catana and Messana...
, an ancient Greek city in Sicily- Giardini-NaxosGiardini-NaxosGiardini Naxos is a comune in the Province of Messina on the island of Sicily in Italy. It is situated on the coast of the Ionian Sea on a bay which lies between Cape Taormina and Cape Schisò...
, a modern city on the site of the above
- Giardini-Naxos
Battles
- Siege of Naxos (499 BC)Siege of Naxos (499 BC)The Siege of Naxos was a failed attempt by the Milesian tyrant Aristagoras, operating with support from, and in the name of the Persian Empire of Darius the Great, to conquer the island of Naxos...
, an engagement in the Cyclades during the Greco-Persian Wars - Siege of Naxos (490 BC), an engagement in the Cyclades during the Greco-Persian Wars
- Battle of NaxosBattle of NaxosAt the Battle of Naxos the new Athenian fleet of Chabrias decisively defeated the Spartans. This was the beginning of Athens's recovery of its Aegean hegemony following its loss in the Peloponnesian War. The victory was decided by Phocion's courageous and skillful action on the left wing...
(376 BC), an engagement in the Cyclades during the Boeotian War
Other
- Naxos disease, Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasiaArrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasiaArrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia , also called arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy or arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy , is an inherited heart disease....
- Naxos QuartetsNaxos QuartetsThe Naxos Quartets are a series of ten string quartets by the English composer Peter Maxwell Davies.They were written between 2001 and 2007 to a commission from Naxos Records. In 2001 the Maggini Quartet was appointed to record all ten for the record label. The first quartet was premiered by the...
, a series of string quartets by Peter Maxwell Davies - Naxos radar detectorNaxos radar detectorThe FuG 350 Naxos radar warning receiver was a World War II German countermeasure to SHF band centimetric wavelength radar produced by a cavity magnetron...
, a German World War II countermeasure - Naxos RecordsNaxos RecordsNaxos Records is a record label specializing in classical music. Through a number of imprints, Naxos also releases genres including Chinese music, jazz, world music, and early rock & roll. The company was founded in 1987 by Klaus Heymann, a German-born resident of Hong Kong.Naxos is the largest...
, a classical music record label- Naxos World, an imprint of Naxos Records
- Ariadne auf NaxosAriadne auf NaxosAriadne auf Naxos is an opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Bringing together slapstick comedy and consuming beautiful music, the opera's theme is the competition between high and low art for the public's attention.- First version :The opera was originally...
, an opera by Richard Strauss