Definition: Delos is an island in the center of the Cyclades islands, in the Aegean Sea, with two major claims to fame in 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.
The treasury for the Delian league was kept at Delos (until 452 B.C., when Pericles moved the treasury to Athens).
Delos had commercial importance for both the Greeks and Romans as a trading port.
