Tilos is a small island of The Dodecanese and it is located between Kos and Rhodes. Its total land area is 64,525 km² and has 533 inhabitants. On the island there are three settlements, the Megalo Horio, the Livadia and the Agios Antonios.
By mythology, Telos was the son of Helios and Thalia the sister of Telhines. Telos came to the island to search for herbal remedies for his ill mother. He liked the island so much that he came back later and he named it Tilos following his name. He also built temples on the island for Apollo and Neptune.
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