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Place Leucas (island) — by W.M. Murray — last modified Sep 12, 2024 05:25 PM
The ancient Ionian island of Leucas is known today as Lefkada.
Place Leuke Ins./Achilleos Nesos — by David Braund — last modified Mar 30, 2024 10:55 PM
An island located in the Black Sea to the east of the mouth of the Danube River, approximately 35 km from the coast. In antiquity, the island was thought to be sacred to the Greek hero Achilles. The ancient name "White Island" was derived from the presence of white serpents, according to Dionysius Periegetes.
Place Ligeia — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Aug 03, 2019 10:26 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Ligeia Ins.
Place Lipara (island) — by J. Bennet — last modified Oct 30, 2024 09:26 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 unlocated Lipara Ins.
Place Lipara (island) — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Aug 02, 2017 09:49 AM
An island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, north of Sicily. Modern Isola Lipari.
Place Londobris (island) — by Jr. — last modified Aug 07, 2024 04:35 PM
Londobris Ins., the modern Berlenga Grande Island, is the largest of the islands of the Berlengas Archipelago.
Place Lyrnateia? (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Aug 01, 2021 03:21 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 65 E4 Lyrnateia? Ins.
Place Macris/Makra (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Dec 27, 2021 08:41 AM
Modern Zeytin Adası (formerly Meğri Ada), an island that, together with the Telmessias promontory (modern Çamlı Burun), encloses and protects the natural harbor of Telmessos (modern Fethiye in Turkey).
Place Makris (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Sep 23, 2022 02:42 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 D1 Makris Ins.
Place Margastana (island) — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Dec 26, 2022 10:59 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 93 unlocated Margastana Ins.
Place Megale/Pityodes/Prinkipos Ins. — by C. Foss — last modified Jun 07, 2018 08:09 PM
Megale/Pityodes/Prinkipos Ins. (Büyükada)
Place Megiste (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Sep 18, 2023 12:12 PM
Megiste Ins. (modern Kastellorizo) is the easternmost Greek island. In antiquity it was colonized by Dorian Greeks.
Place Melita/Malta (island) — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified May 13, 2021 08:45 PM
The island of Malta, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and Libya.
Place Melite (island) — by M. Šašel Kos — last modified Nov 06, 2023 09:40 PM
Modern Miljet island (Croatia)
Place Meninx/Lotophagitis/Girba (island) — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Sep 15, 2024 01:00 PM
Meninx/Lotophagitis/Girba Ins. (modern Djerba) is the largest island of North Africa.
Place Mentorides (islands) — by M. Šašel Kos — last modified Sep 17, 2022 07:23 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 20 B5 Mentorides Inss.
Place Minoa (island) — by G. Reger — last modified Oct 05, 2023 04:12 PM
Modern Pachaki island, just off the Greek coast in the Saronic Gulf opposite the airport of the modern city of Megara.
Place Minoa (promontory) — by G. Reger — last modified Dec 14, 2023 08:31 PM
The "tied island" known today as Monemvasia, located along the southeast coast of the Peloponnese. Pausanias referred to it as "Akra Minoa".
Place Molibodes (island) — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Dec 27, 2014 06:47 PM
Molibodes Ins. (Isola di Sant'Antioco)
Place Motya — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Nov 24, 2024 10:20 AM
A small island in the Stagnone Lagoon of western Sicily, Motya has evidence for quite ancient settlement, including a significant Punic phase. The settlement on the island was destroyed by Syracuse in 379 BC. At one point the island was connected to the mainland via a causeway.