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An island of the Kyklades (Cyclades) Group in the southwestern Aegean Sea.
The island was initially settled by the Phoenicians prior to the arrival of the Dorians who arrived in the twelfth century BCE; in 416 BCE the Athenians brutally captured the island and replaced the slain and enslaved populace with Athenian colonists.
The island is 4,499 square miles (11,652 square kilometers) in area; the statue of Venus Di Milo was found there.
The name of the island might have been derived from the Phoenicians navigator, Melos; the island is also called Milo and Milos.
Approximate east longitude 24.15 and north latitude 36.41.
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