Which famous sculpture, made approximately 150 BC, was found on the Aegean island of Melos in 1820?
Milos Milos Milos or Melos (; Modern Greek: ; "Melos") is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete. Milos is the southwesternmost island in the Cyclades group. The island is famous for the statue of Aphrodite (the ""Venus de Milo"", now in the Louvre), and also for statues of the Greek god Asclepius (now in the British Museum), the Poseidon and an archaic Apollo 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
Siege of Melos the Melian experience was extreme. The earliest known reference to the starvation of the Melians is in Aristophanes' play, "The Birds", which was first performed in 414 BC. Its usage lasted well into the Byzantine era, as it is mentioned in the "Suda", a 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia. Siege of Melos The Siege of Melos occurred in 416 BC during the Peloponnesian War, a war fought between Athens and Sparta. Melos is an island in the Aegean Sea roughly 110 km east of mainland Greece. At the time it was populated by Dorians. Though the Melians were of the same ethnic