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Delos 2008: Marble phallus from c. 300 B.C.

Delos 2008: Marble phallus from c. 300 B.C.

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Definition: Delos is an island in the center of the Cyclades islands, in the Aegean Sea. Delos had two major claims to fame in what is commonly known about the history of ancient Greece. It was the birthplace of the Greek gods Apollo and Artemis and it was the place after which the Delian League was named because the treasury for the league was kept at Delos.
Delos had commercial importance for both the Greeks and Romans as a trading port.

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