Ikaros (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Oct 28, 2025 08:32 PM
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History
An island in the Aegean Sea (modern Ikaria), now part of the modern country of Greece. According to Ovid, the island took its name from the burial place of Ikaros, son of Daidalos, whose fantastic flight on wings made by his father ended tragically in the sea nearby.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599667
37.6321886895, 26.1412412274
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ikaria (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Ikaros (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Arethousa connection Ikaros (island) (unspecified date range)
- Artemis Tauropolos, T. connection Ikaros (island) (unspecified date range)
- Drakanon located on Ikaros (island) (unspecified date range)
- Drakanon (promontory) connection Ikaros (island) (unspecified date range)
- Histoi connection Ikaros (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kataphydion connection Ikaros (island) (unspecified date range)
- Oinoe located on Ikaros (island) (unspecified date range)
- Proespera connection Ikaros (island) (unspecified date range)
- Rhakhes connection Ikaros (island) (unspecified date range)
- Therma/Asklepieis located on Ikaros (island) (unspecified date range)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 C2 Ikaros Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ikaria GRE
C. Foss, G. Reger, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, and R. Talbert, 'Ikaros (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599667> [accessed: 12 December 2025]
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