ÁndrosArticle Free Pass Ándros, island, most northerly and
second largest of the Cyclades (Modern Greek: Kykládes) group of
Greek Aegean Islands. Ándros has an area of 145 square miles
(380 square km). Wooded, well-watered, and mountainous, it is an
eparkhía (“eparchy”), with its capital at the town of Ándros, on
the east coast. South of the capital is the port of Kórthion,
which lies at the foot of the Palaiókastron (2,050 feet [625
m]), with ruins of a Venetian castle and medieval town. The
ruins of Palaeopolis, the island’s ancient capital, support a
hamlet, Palaiópolis, on the western coast. Figs, citrus fruits,
wine grapes, and olives are grown on the island. The ancient
population was mainly Ionian. Originally dependent upon Eretria,
Ándros sent colonies to Chalcidice, the great peninsula of
northeastern Greece, in the 7th century bce. It submitted to
Persia in 490 bce and was harried by the Athenian fleet for
supplying ships to the Persian king Xerxes in 480. The Athenian
leader Pericles forced Ándros