History dictates that everyone wants to visit Mykonos. The island was named after a grandson of Apollo's and, in turn, has been occupied by Carians from Asia Minor, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Cretians, Carians again, then Ionians, Persians and Romans. The Byzantine Empire was next to stake a claim before the Venetians who were seized by Barborossa in 1537 - this explains the houses in "Little Venice" that back onto the water, making it easy for the pirates to off their loads. Then came the beach and the bronzed masses - straight, gay, European, American, solitary, coupled, topless, bottomless and concentrated in such density that the sun seemed to be striking more skin than sand. Greece's party island, where the day starts around noon, dinner often isn't until midnight and the revelry stretches until dawn. Mykonos welcomes all sorts of people, and its many beaches are similarly open-minded. A few crowded strands of sand close to the main town require swimwear, but the guidebooks said the clothing-optional beaches were the best. 
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 Ftelia Beach, powerful wind raked windsurfers across the water.   Nowhere can you get a better feel for what it was like living 2,000 years ago than on the uninhabited barren island of Delos, sometimes referred to as the Pompeii of Greece. Once the spiritual and commercial hub of the entire Aegean, Delos quickly became a ghost town when the Athenians decreed a purification of the island (426 BC), forbidding its citizens from either dying or giving birth there.
It's easy to see why Mykonos was the holiday destination of choice for Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis in the Sixties. Now it is re-established as the destination for international playboys - and girls. more....As we settled in to our chairs, we noted some in-the-buff Italian guys apparently drawn to Mykonos for its booming gay scene - we overheard them say "beautiful men" in Italian. We were pleased to have understood, even though they didn't seem to be talking about us.