Editing Naxos (section)

=== Classical era and Greco-Persian Wars ===
[[File:Tempel der Demeter (Gyroulas) 18.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Temple of Sangri|Temple of Demeter]]]]

During the [[8th century BC|8th]] and [[7th century BC|7th]] centuries BC, Naxos dominated commerce in the Cyclades. 

[[Herodotus]] describes Naxos circa 500 BC as the most prosperous Greek island.<ref>[[Herodotus]], 5.28,5.31</ref>

In 499 BC, an [[Siege of Naxos (499 BC)|unsuccessful attack on Naxos by Persian forces]] led several prominent men in the Greek cities of Ionia to rebel against the Persian Empire in the [[Ionian Revolt]], and then to the [[Greco-Persian Wars|Persian War]] between Greece and Persia.

Naxos was the first Greek [[Polis|city-state]] to attempt to leave the [[Delian League]] circa 469 BC; Athens quickly quashed the notion and forcibly removed all military naval vessels from the island's control. Athens then demanded all future payments from Naxos in the form of gold rather than military aid.