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History
 There is constant human presence in the main islands of the Sporades since
the Paleolithic period. According to Greek myths, Skyros was the island were
Theseas, the hero of Athens, was assassinated by the king of this island
Likomides. According to Homer the same king had been entrusted by Thetis to
hide her son Achilles ? disguised as a girl ? in order to keep him away from
the Trojan War, but Odysseus uncovered their deceit. A significant point in
the islands history was their participation in the Athenian-led alliance of
478 BC. Later they submitted to the Romans followed by the Byzantines. From
1207 Sporades are dominated by the Venetians, who remained there up to the
Turkish conquest of 1538. All the islands were all liberated in 1830,
joining the Greek state.
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