Homer called the Aegean the "wine dark sea"

Aegean Regatta
Originally uploaded by Konstantinos Mentzelopoulos

Once called the Archipelago Sea, says Wikipedia, because there are so many islands, the Aegean has been its name since before the time of the blind poet, Homer.

Notable islands in the Aegean:
Santorini (Thera)
Patmos
Hydra
Rhodes
Lesbos
Crete