Cythera (island)

natural · 30 BC – 2100 AD

An Aegean island located off the southeastern peninsula of the Peloponnese. It appears frequently in Greek and Roman literature beginning with Homer.

Coordinates

36.24011, 22.98287

Also known as

Ins. Cytera (la), Ins. Cytera, Ins(ula) Cytera, Insula Cytera, Cytera (Ins) (la), Kythera (grc), Ṓgylos (grc), Κύθηρα (grc), Ὤγυλος (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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