TRAVEL TUESDAY 488 - MILOS, GREECE

“Venus de Milo. To a child she is ugly. When a mind adjusts to thinking of her as a completeness (even though, by physiologic standards, incomplete), she is beautiful.” - Charles Fort

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Milos or Melos (Modern Greek: Μήλος, romanized: Mílos, Ancient Greek: Μῆλος, romanized: Mêlos) is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete. Milos is the southwestern-most island in the Cyclades group. The Venus de Milo (now in the Louvre), the Poseidon of Melos (now in the NAMA) and the Asclepius of Milos (now in the British Museum) were all found on the island, as was an archaic Apollo now in Athens.

Milos is a popular tourist destination during the summer. The municipality of Milos also includes the uninhabited offshore islands of Antimilos and Akradies. The combined land area is 160.147 square kilometres and at the 2021 census the population was 5,193 inhabitants.

The position of Milos, between mainland Greece and Crete, and its possession of obsidian (a volcanic glass), made it an important centre of early Aegean civilisation. Milos lost its arms-making importance when bronze became the preferred material for the manufacture of weapons, instead of obsidian.

While Milos is a lesser-known island within the extremely popular Cyclades archipelago, it has grown in popularity as a vacation destination in the past several decades. With its traditional Greek architecture, slower pace compared to Santorini and Mykonos, and its various excellent beaches, it provides a relaxed, sun-drenched, family-friendly and hospitable holiday destination.

RENEWAL

"Words are the source of misunderstandings" - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, ‘Le Petit Prince’

This poem of mine is part of the Poets and Storytellers United meme: “I do not think it means what you think it means”.

Renewal

Even if Winter’s cold will burn the blades of grass,

The roots beneath the soil abide their time,

Their sleeping juices waiting for the call of Spring.

Grief and black melancholy may overtake us,

But if the heart still beats strong, there’s hope

And life will ease the sorrow.

Even if flesh is cut and blood is lost,

The living force within the tissue swells,

It heals, it scars, regenerates the damaged parts.

The cheap betrayals, all the petty squabbles,

Will wash over a generous soul that still believes

In human goodness, kindness, love.

Even if leafless twigs look dead, covered in snow,

The swelling buds throng with green energy

And the promised flowers await the beckoning of longer days.

Separation, long silences, lost intimacies and misunderstandings

Will all evaporate, as the renewed bonds are forged,

Now stronger than before.