Hydra, known in ancient times as Hydrea, is a Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, south of Athens, in the Aegean Sea, In front of the Argolis peninsula. Its merchants contributed to make it one of the great naval powers of the Mediterranean Sea in modern times. Its owners and ships played a decisive role in the Greek War of Independence. Today it forms the bulk of the territory of the municipality that bears its name.
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