Taphiae? (islands)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.M. Murray
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott
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History
A group of small islands in the Ionian Sea located between Leucas and the Acarnanian coast. The main island of this group can probably be identified with the modern island of Meganisi, which in the ancient sources is called Táphos.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/531113
38.6107663131, 20.867580315
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- Less than certain: Taphiae (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Ταφίων νῆσοι (Taphion nesoi: Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
- Taphiae? (islands) connection Ionium Mare (unspecified date range)
- Karnos (island) part of (physical/topographic) Taphiae? (islands) (unspecified date range)
- Kastos (island) located at Taphiae? (islands) (unspecified date range)
- Taphos (island) part of (physical/topographic) Taphiae? (islands) (unspecified date range)
archipelago, island group
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 C4 Taphiae? Inss.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Meganisi, Kalamos, Kastos
W.M. Murray, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, and Tom Elliott, 'Taphiae? (islands): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/531113> [accessed: 10 December 2025]
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