Myrtoion Mare
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Feb 08, 2026 10:52 PM
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Myrtoion Mare (Myrtoan Sea) is a part of the Mediterranean Sea lying between the Cyclades and the Peloponnese.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570495
37.0, 24.0
- Representative Locations:
- GeoNames location of Myrtoan Sea (modern) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
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- Myrtoion Mare (unspecified date range)
- Μυρτῷον πέλαγος, τὸ (Myrtoion pelagos (to): Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Myrtoion Mare communicates with Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Peloponnesus/Peloponnesos/Peloponnese abuts Myrtoion Mare (unspecified date range)
- Trikrana (island) located in Myrtoion Mare (unspecified date range)
water, open
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 E3 Myrtoion Mare
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Myrtoion pelagos
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, and Tom Elliott, 'Myrtoion Mare: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570495> [accessed: 10 May 2026]
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