Original: The Greek Aegean Islands can be simply divided into seven groups: Northeastern Aegean Islands, Euboea, Northern Sporades, Cyclades, Saronic Islands (or Argo-Saronic Islands), Dodecanese (or Southern Sporades), Crete.
Simplified: There are seven groups of Aegean islands: the Thracian Sea group, the East Aegean group, the Northern Sporades, the Cyclades, the Saronic Islands (or Argo-Saronic Islands), the Dodecanese and Crete.