The Ionian Islands are located on the western side of Greece, in the Ionian Sea. Only three islands had mythological importance, especially Ithaca, the home of the hero Odysseus.
Ionian Islands
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Aegean Islands Other Islands Aegean Islands The Aegean Sea has a large number of islands, with Crete in the south being the largest island. The Aegean island also included several groups of islands such as the Northern Aegean, the Cyclades, the No...
An island in the Ionian Sea, east of the larger, neighbouring island of Cephallenia. It was the home and kingdom of Laërtes and his son Odysseus. Ithaca was a small and rocky island. When Menelaus , king of Sparta, was going to give some magnifice...
Zacynthus was an island in the Ionian Sea, south of the islands of Cephallenia and Ithaca, and off the western coast of the region of Elis. I couldn't find any trace of mythological tales connected to Zacynthus.
Cythera is the large island south of the Peloponnesus, and the easternmost island in the group of islands known as the Ionian Islands. Cythera is a cult centre of Aphrodite. One of her epithets was Cythereia ; Hesiod wrote: Her gods and men call A...
Leucas was an island in the Ionian Sea, north of Cephallenia and Ithaca. I couldn't find any trace of mythological tales connected to Leucas.
Cephallenia was a large island in the Ionian Sea, off the coast of Acarnania. It was named after Cephalus, son of Deïon, king of Phocis, and Diomede. Cephalus received the island after helping Amphitryon in the war against the Taphian pirates. Cep...
Icaria was an island in the Aegean Sea, west of Samos. Icaria was mostly known for being the island named after Icarius , son of Daedalus . Daedalus was the inventor for Minos , king of Crete. When Theseus escaped from the Labyrinth and killed the...
The Northern Aegean islands are north and northeast of the Aegean, comprising of a number of large islands west of Asia Minor and south of Thrace.
The Cyclades were a number of islands in the Aegean Sea, east of Attica. The name comes from the fact that the islands seemed to circle around the island of Delos , the holiest of islands, because it was the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. The C...
Sardinia was a large island west of Italy and south of the island of Corisca . According Apollodorus, Iolaus , nephew of Heracles , aided the Heraclids in migrating to Sardinia. These Heraclids were the sons of Thespius' 49 daughters. Thespius was...
