What country is the Aegean Sea in?

The Aegean Sea extends between the coasts of Greece and Asia Minor (modern Turkey). It contains over 2,000 islands settled by the ancient Greeks; the largest of them is Crete (Kriti) while the best known and most often photographed is Santorini (Thera or Thira). Both have a strong connection to ancient history and Greek mythology, with Crete at the center of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, and the destruction of Santorini – the result of a volcanic eruption – which has long been considered a likely source of inspiration for Plato’s description of Atlantis in his dialogues of Critias and Timaeus.