 The name refers to the islands "around" ("cyclic", κυκλάς) the sacred island of Delos.The largest island of the Cyclades is Naxos, however the most populated one is Syros.The significant Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Cycladic culture is best known for its schematic, flat sculptures carved out of the islands' pure white marble centuries before the great Middle Bronze Age Minoan civilization arose in Crete to the south.