Cos
now called STANCHIO or STANKO, an island in the Ægæan Sea, on the coast of Asia Minor; area, 95 square miles; pop. about 10,000. It was the birthplace of Hippocrates, and had anciently a celebrated temple of Esculapius. In Cos was manufactured a fine, semitransparent kind of silk, much valued by the ancients. Cos is also the name of the principal town, a decayed seaport. The island yields grain, wine, silk, cotton, citrons, etc. It was occupied by Italy in 1912 and afterward restored to Greece.
The peace treaty with Turkey awards it to Italy, but when that is signed it will The peace treaty with Turkey awards it be ceded to Greece.