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Alphabetic links to all places: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Background or reference information on the places listed here may be be found in the open-access sources listed below or in one or more of the resources listed in the bibliography.

Stillwell et al (eds), Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites

Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

Many of the places can also be found on Google Maps and other mapping platforms via the Pleiades Project, along with further details.

Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) – 1 A region in the south-east of the Peloponnese.

Citations: Apollonius 4.2

Links: Smith [s.v. Laconia] - Map

Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) – 2 An alternative name for Sparta, the chief city of the region Lacedaemon.

Citations:

MA 24

Par. Vat. 57

Nicolaus F25

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map [all s.v. Sparta]

Lagaria (Λαγαρία) A small town of uncertain location in Lucania in Italy.

Citations: MA 108

Links: Smith

Lampsacus (Λάμψακος) A Greek city in Mysia.

Citations:

Antigonus 137

MA 125.2

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Latmus (Λάτμος) A mountain in Caria.

Citations:

Antigonus 16a; 123

Apollonius 11

Links: Smith - Map

Laodiceia (Λαοδίκεια) A city in Syria.

Citations: Phlegon 9

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Lemnos (Λῆμνος) A large Aegean island.

Citations: Antigonus 22.3; 118

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Lepetymnus (Λεπέτυμνος) A mountain in Lesbos.

Citations: Antigonus 15c

Links: Smith - Map (s.v. Leptymnos)

Leros (Λέρος) A small Aegean island, one of the Sporades.

Citations: Antigonus 11

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Lesbos (Λέσβος) A large Aegean island, off the coast of Asia Minor.

Citations: Antigonus 171

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Leuce (Λευκή) A small island in the Black Sea, near the mouth of the Ister (Danube), also called the Island of Achilles (Ἀχιλλέως νῆσος).

Citations: Antigonus 122

Links: Smith [s.v. Achilleos Dromos] - Map

Leucothea (Λευκοθέα) A city in Arabia (exact location unknown).

Citations: Antigonus 149

Libya (Λιβύη) More extensive than the modern country; denoting North Africa west of Egypt.

Citations:

Antigonus 11; 16b; 60b

Apollonius 38

MA 161

Nicolaus F13–16; F18; F20

Par. Vat. 55

Archelaus F6

Nymphodorus F8

Isigonus F18

Links: Smith - Map

Liguria (Λιγουρία, Λιγυστική) A region of southern France and northern Italy, north of the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Citations:

MA 89–92

Par. Vat. 59

Links: Smith - Map

Lipara (Λιπάρα) The largest of the Aeolian Islands, off the north coast of Sicily.

Citations:

MA 34; 37a.2; 38a; 101

Par. Pal. 11

Links: Smith - Princeton [s.v. Aeoliae Insulae] - Map

Liparis (Λίπαρις) A river in Cilicia.

Citations:

Antigonus 135.1

Par. Pal. 16

Links: Smith - Map

Locri Epizephyrii (Λοκροί Ἐπιζεφύριοι) A Greek city in Italy.

Citations:

Antigonus 1

Apollonius 40.2

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Locris (Λοκρίς) A region of central Greece, north of the Corinthian Gulf.

Citations: Antigonus 117

Links: Smith - Map

Lucania (Λευκανία) Province or district of Southern Italy.

Citations: Nicolaus F2.1

Links: Smith - Map

Lusi (Λουσοί) A city in Arcadia.

Citations:

Antigonus 137

MA 125.1

Par. Flor. 10

Links: Smith - Princeton - Map

Lycabettus (Λυκαβηττός) A mountain by Athens.

Citations: Antigonus 12

Links: Map

Lychnitis (Λυχνῖτις) A lake in Macedonia.

Citations: Par. Flor. 42

Links: Smith [1] - Map [s.v. Lychnidus L]

Lycia (Λυκία) A region of south-west Asia Minor.

Citations:

Antigonus 17

MA 127.4

Nicolaus F10

Par. Vat. 50

Links: Smith - Map

Lycormas (Λυκόρμας) A river in Aetolia; it was later called Evenus.

Citations: MA 171

Links: Smith [s.v. Evenus] - Map [s.v. Euenos]

Lydia (Λυδία) A region of western Asia Minor.

Citations: MA 20.1; 39

Links: Smith - Map

Lyncestis (Λυγκηστίς) A region of northern Greece.

Citations:

Antigonus 164

Par. Flor. 20

Par. Vat. 12; 22

Links: Smith