Melas (Naxos)

Melas (Ancient Greek: Μελάς) was a town of ancient Greece on the island of Naxos.[1] It is cited, along with Elaeus, in an ancient inscription dated to the 3rd century BCE.[2]

Its site is tentatively located near modern Melanes.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ^ IG XII Suppl. 194.14-15, 16; Mogens Herman Hansen (1997). The Polis as an Urban Centre and as a Political Community: Symposium, August 29-31 1996. p. 490.
  3. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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