Taphiae? (islands)

natural · 330 BC – 640 AD · location approximate

A group of small islands in the Ionian Sea located between Leucas and the Acarnanian coast. The main island of this group can probably be identified with the modern island of Meganisi, which in the ancient sources is called Táphos.

Coordinates

38.61077, 20.86758

Also known as

Taphiae (la), Taphiae (la), Taphion nesoi, Taphíōn nêsoi (grc), Ταφίων νῆσοι (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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