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Villa Kerylos is a recreation of a noble dwelling from the 2nd century B.C on the Greek island of Delos. The work Kerylos means halcyon or Kingfisher (a bird of good omen) in Greek. Théodore Reinach (1860-1928), a distinguished scholar and Hellenist, built the villa which was designed by the Italian architect Emmanuel Pontremoli. The villa was built around a central courtyard and surrounded by a garden with a selection of plants found in Greece including olive, carob and pine trees, cypresses, irises and myrtle.