THE EASTERN SPORADES

 

The Eastern Sporades lie off the coast of Asia Minor. Imbros and Tenedos belong to Turkey; most of the remainder, which extend south to the Dodecanese, are under Greek sovereignty. Samothrace and Lemnos, the most northerly, are described for convenience with Thrace. The islands generally are more fertile and greener than the Cyclades, and if they have been less explored for relics of antiquity they have preserved more of the customs and traditions of the more immediate past.