Lebinthos(60 words)
[German version]
(Λέβινθος; Lébinthos). Island of the Sporades east of Amorgos, modern Lévitha, length 7 km, 15 km2 in size, several bays, surrounded by a series of small islands, uninhabited today. Evidence: Str. 10,5,12; Plin. HN 4,70; Mela 2,111; Stadiasmus maris magni 282; Geogr. Rav. 5,21; Ov. Met. 8,222, Ars am. 2,81.
Kalcyk, Hansjörg (Petershausen)
Bibliography
Philippson/Kirsten 4, 155f.
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Kalcyk, Hansjörg (Petershausen),
“Lebinthos”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 19 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e633330>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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