Mythology:

The isle was called by the ancient poets Aethra and Chrysi.

But the truth is that the isle got his name from an ancient hero of the mythology called Thassos.

Thassos was the son of the king of the Phönizer Aginoras or the god Poseidon (the god of the sea). Today it is impossible to comprehend of whom Thassos was the son. The legends about him are very old and not very exact.

After Herdot he was the first settler of this isle. Her arrived on the island with some other Phönizer.

He was so exhaust, when her was searching his sister Europe, that he took a rest on this island. So the island was called after him. Thassos.

time before Christus:
earliest traces of the first settler are pointing to the ending Neolithikum.
1600 – 1500 v.Chr.: Thassos and some other Phönizier were after Herdot the first settler on this island. They were the first to exploit the mineral resources (ore, wood,...) of the island.
in the middle of the   2. century v.Chr.: Phönizier settled on the island. Later they were replaced by the Thrakern.
7. century v.Chr.:
(greek era)
Parier, they belonged to the powerfull Greek tribe of the lonier, conquered Thassos under Telesikies and rescued the island from the Thrakern.. They were following the orakle of Delphi, which told them:

"...to build a city which will be seen in a far distance.

The Parier reached their prosperity with the mining of gold and silver and trade. The poet Archilochos, son of Teleskikles, arrived together at the same time as the Parier. In spite of all his adventures, he wrote wounderfull poems.

With the arriving of the Parier a new era of history began on the island. Now the island was part of the greek history.

492 v.Chr. Thassos was conquered from the Persian by the time of the medish war.
The begin of the decline from Thassos.
464 – 404 v.Chr.: Thassos was subject to Athen after fierce defence.
340 v.Chr.: Thassos subjected themself to the king of the Mazedonier, Philipp II.
281 – 202 v.Chr.: Independence of the island Thassos.
196 v.Chr.: Thassos became the property of Rome.
Time after Christus:
about 330 n.Chr.: Thassos is part of Byzant.The island is temporary to the administrative district of Mezedonien and temporary to Thrazien. The barbarian invaded the island to carry out series of robberies.
1354 n.Chr.: Thassos suffered a lot under the tyranny of the Katelusi from Genus.
1455 n.Chr.: The island was surrendered to theTurkey by Katelusi from Genus.
1841 – 1902 n.Chr.: Thassos was owned by Khediven of Ägypt through the gift of the sultan Mahmud.
war of Balkan Thassos was taken by the Greek at October the 19th. 1912















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