Rineia

{{Short description|Island off Mykonos, Greece}}

{{For|the island near Skyros|Erinia}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox islands

| name = Rineia

| native_name = Ρήνεια

| native_name_lang = el

| image = rineia.jpg

| image_caption = A bay on Rineia

| coordinates = {{coord|37.409|25.229|region:GR_type:isle|display=it}}

| map = Greece

| archipelago = Cyclades

| area_km2 = 14

| elevation_m = 136

| country = Greece

| country_admin_divisions_title = Region

| country_admin_divisions = South Aegean

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Regional unit

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Mykonos

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipality

| population = 0

| population_as_of = 2001

| postal_code = 846 00

| area_code = 22890

| registration_plate = EM

}}

Rineia, or Rhenea (Ρήνεια), is a Greek island in the Cyclades. It lies just west of the island of Delos and further southwest of the island of Mykonos, of which it and Delos are administratively a part. Its area is {{convert|14|km²|0|abbr=on}}. It had a small population until the 1980s, but is currently uninhabited.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

In ancient times, the island was known as Rheneia ({{langx|grc|Ῥήνεια}}), and was part of the Delian League.{{sfn|Thucydides|1874|p=104}} In the 6th century BC, it was subdued by the tyrant Polycrates of Samos and dedicated to the Delian Apollo.{{sfn|Thucydides|1874|p=104}} The southern half of Rheneia was the necropolis of Delos.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} In the sixth year of the Peloponnesian War (426 BCE), the Athenians "purified" Delos by removing all its tombs and prohibiting burials there. Future births and deaths on Delos were prohibited—pregnant women and people close to death were to be carried over to Rheneia.{{sfn|Thucydides|1874|p=104}}{{sfn|Bury|1975|p=267}} Later, the island was incorporated into the Roman Empire.{{Cite DARE|41348}}