Graphic and charming from one end to the other, the island of Leros is a heaven of peace, beauty and traditional life. Slow pace, magnificent landscapes with low hills and attractively shaped, vast flatlands that reach the sea and unique beauty in every step. Leros rests the eye and soul at a memorable holiday experience for the lovers of tradition and those who are nostalgic of the authentic island way of life, as well as those who seek a beautiful destination that still resists to the current of mass tourism.
Leros was the island of goddess Artemis and its sanctuary was probably in Partheni.
Mythology connects Leros with the city of Kalydona of Etolia. When the king of Kalydona was Oeneus, Artemis sent a wild boar to the area that destroyed the fields and spread terror to people. Then the mythic hero Meleagros, son of king Oeneus, decided to kill it. However Artemis though this was disrespectful and offensive from Meleagros and mediated for his quick death.
His four sisters mourned his loss. The goddess felt sorry for them and transformed them to birds, the Meleagrids and brought them to her sanctuary in Leros where the priests of her temple took care of them.
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Kalymnos
Situated between Kos and Leros, Kalymnos is the fourth largest island in the Dodecanese.
