Megiste (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, S. Mitchell
Creators: C. Foss, S. Mitchell
Contributors:
Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jan 07, 2026 11:07 PM
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History
Megiste Ins. (modern Kastellorizo) is the easternmost Greek island. In antiquity, it was colonized by Dorian Greeks.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/638989
36.14370463, 29.5844616436
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Megisti (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Megiste (330 BC - AD 300)
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- Καστελλόριζο (Kastellorizo: Modern Greek, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Μεγίστη (Megisti: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- None
- Megiste (settlement) connection Megiste (island) (unspecified date range)
island
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 65 C5 Megiste Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Megiste GRE
C. Foss, S. Mitchell, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Megiste (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/638989> [accessed: 08 February 2026]
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