Melas () was a town of
ancient Greece
Ancient Greece () was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically r ...
on the island of
Naxos. It is cited, along with
Elaeus
Elaeus ( ''Elaious'', later ''Elaeus''), the “Olive City”, was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek city located in Thrace, on the Thracian Chersonese. Elaeus was located at the southern end of the Hellespont (now the Dardanelles) near the sout ...
, in an ancient inscription dated to the 3rd century BCE.
Its site is tentatively located near modern
Melanes.
References
Populated places in the ancient Aegean islands
Former populated places in Greece
Ancient Naxos
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