Mykonos Museum of Archaeology

Mykonos is very near the Apollo shrine island of Delos, where few lived and which was so sacred no one was permitted to be born or to die there. It served through the centuries as Delos' non-sacred portal, auxiliary, and warehouse, and itself has surrendered not a few artifacts, some of Cycladian age, most of 9th-8th-7th century BCE Greece.

Mykonos' excellent little archaeological museum

A "frying pan" ceramic piece--so-called because of the shape--apparently no 
one knows what they were used for (we saw plenty more in Athens' museums)

Beautifully-painted pottery, 8th century BCE

"Who's been into the wine cellars?!"

For us, the most impressive piece was this 7th century BCE 
4-foot high funerary urn, decorated with scenes from the 
Trojan War; hardly a century after Homer himself is supposed 
to have lived

Trojan horse

Hector, Andromache, and Astyanax?

8th century griffin

"No thanks, I'm driving"