Melas (Naxos)
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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.


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Populated places in the ancient Aegean islands Former populated places in Greece Ancient Naxos {{AncientAegean-geo-stub