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Poros is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, about (31 nautical miles) south from Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a wide sea channel, with the town of Galatas on the mainland across the strait. Its surface area is about and it has 3,780 inhabitants. The ancient name of Poros was Pogon. Like other ports in the Saronic, it is a popular weekend destination for Athenian travellers.
Poros consists of two islands: Sphairia (, ), the southern part, which is of volcanic origin, where today's city is located, and Kalaureia (, ), also Kalavria or Calauria (meaning 'gentle breeze'), the northern and largest part. A bridge connects the two islands over a narrow strait.
Poros is an island with rich vegetation. Much of the northern and far eastern/western sides of the island are bushy, whereas large areas of old pine forest are found in the south and center of the island. It has a good road network and adequate tourist infrastructure, which makes it a popular resort for short holidays.
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Poros is a Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf.
- Poros stone is named after the islands.
It is also a plecename of several villages in Greece:
- Poros, Aetolia-Acarnania, a village of the Nafpaktia municipality
- Poros, Kefalonia, a village of the Cephalonia municipality
- Poros, Elis, a village of the Andritsaina-Krestena municipality
- Poros, Evros, a village of the Alexandroupoli municipality
- Poros, Grevena, a village of the Grevena municipality
- Poros, Imathia, a village of the Veria municipality
- Poros, Lefkada, a village of the Lefkada municipality
Poros may also mean:
- Poros (Middle-earth), a river in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth
Usage examples of "poros".
The acroteria, painted in black and red on the natural surface of poros stone, take the shape of palmettes and lotuses.
The pediment-reliefs in poros which now occupy the second and third rooms of the Acropolis Museum have already been somewhat fully treated, especially in their architectural bearings.
But what are we to understand by this Zeus with the garden into which, we are told, Poros or Wealth entered?
Aphrodite of the Myth is the Soul and that Poros, Wealth, is the Reason-Principle of the Universe: we have still to explain Zeus and his garden.
We have seen that the Aphrodite of the Myth is the Soul and that Poros, Wealth, is the Reason-Principle of the Universe: we have still to explain Zeus and his garden.
The union with Poros, Possession, is designed to show that Matter does not attain to Reality, to Plenitude, but to some bare sufficiency--in point of fact to imaging skill.