Northern Aegean
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.
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Islands
Aegean Islands Other IslandsAegean 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 Nor...
August 8th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Map of Aegean
Below is a map of Greece, the Aegean islands and Asia Minor. The map contains links to specific articles. Click on a name of a region or a city on the map, and it will take you to an article with information about that region or city.
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Jimmy Joe
Ionian Islands
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.
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Jimmy Joe
Cyclades
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 Cy...
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Jimmy Joe
Lesbos
Lesbos was a large island in the Aegean Sea, off the western coast of Mysia, Asia Minor. The only mythological tale I could find that was associated with Lesbos was that of Myrina, the Amazon queen of Libya, who seized the island with her warriors...
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Jimmy Joe
Sporades
The Sporades were a group of islands near the western coast of Asia Minor. The Sporades were divided into two groups, Northern Sporades (Βόρειες Σπράδες) and Southern Sporades, also known as Dodecanese Islands (Δωδεκάνησα). The Southern Sporades i...
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Samothrace
Samothrace was one of the islands in the Thracian Sea (northern Aegean), north of Lemnos and Imbros. The island was inhabited by the Thracians and Samian colonists. The Pleiad Electra gave birth to Dardanus and Iasion. Zeus killed his own son Iasi...
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Lemnos
Lemnos was a large island in the Thracian Sea (northern Aegean). The island was famous in Greek myth because the Lemnian women ruled the island. At the time, Thoas ruled it. Thoas was the son of the wine-god Dionysus and Ariadne, daughter of Minos...
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Jimmy Joe
Icaria
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 mo...
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Asia & Africa
Asia Minor Other Kingdoms To see a map of the Greek World, click here.Asia MinorOther Kingdoms
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