Skopelos Goat: The island has it own acknowledged breed of
goat named the "Skopelos". The Skopelos goat is one breed in the
Southern Multicolored Group. It is a relative of the wild goat of the
island of Gioura. The main occurrences of this species are in Skopelos,
Alonissos, and Skiathos. Skopelos Goat, by EEAAP / Animal Genetic Data
Bank
In island legend Skopelos was founded by Staphylos or Staphylus (Greek
for grape), one of the sons of the god Dionysos and the Princess
Ariadne of Crete. Historically, in the Late Bronze Age Skopelos, then
known as Peparethos or Peparethus, was colonized by Cretans who
introduced viticulture to the island.
Skopelos (Greek: Σκόπελος) is a Greek island in the western
Aegean sea. Skopelos is one of several islands which comprise the
Northern Sporades island group. The island is located east of mainland
Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea and is part of the Prefecture
of Magnesias in the Periphery of Thessaly. Skopelos is also the name of
the main port and the municipal center of the island. The other
communities of the island are Glossa and Neo Klima (Elios). The
geography of Skopelos includes two mountains over 500 meters; Delphi
(681 meters) in the center of the island, and Palouki (546 meters) in
the southeast. With an area of 96 km˛ (36.6 mi˛) Skopelos is slightly
larger than Mykonos (85 km˛) and Santorini (73 km˛). The nearest
inhabited islands are Skiathos to the west and Alonissos to the east.
