Hellenistic Age
(323 BC – 146 BC)
Milos, like all the Cyclades after 311 AD. passes to the rule of the Macedonians and then the Antigonids and Ptolemies of Egypt.
The peaceful conditions that prevailed at that time, combined with the freedom and security of the seas, contributed to the beginning of a new period of prosperity and prosperity, during which Milos minted a currency and He created great works of art, such as the statue of Poseidon (a statue 2.17m high from Parian marble depicting the god Poseidon in an imposing style and raising his right hand as if holding a trident).
The statue was found in 1877 and is in the Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Also, in the Hellenistic period, the most famous statue of the island, the famous Aphrodite of Milos, was made.
Milos, like all the Cyclades after 311 AD. passes to the rule of the Macedonians and then the Antigonids and Ptolemies of Egypt.
The peaceful conditions that prevailed at that time, combined with the freedom and security of the seas, contributed to the beginning of a new period of prosperity and prosperity, during which Milos minted a currency and He created great works of art, such as the statue of Poseidon (a statue 2.17m high from Parian marble depicting the god Poseidon in an imposing style and raising his right hand as if holding a trident).
The statue was found in 1877 and is in the Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Also, in the Hellenistic period, the most famous statue of the island, the famous Aphrodite of Milos, was made.