Elaeus or Elaious (Ancient Greek: Ἐλαιοῦς) was a town of ancient Greece on the island of Naxos.[1] It is cited, along with Melas, in an ancient inscription dated to the 3rd century BCE.[2]

Its site is unlocated.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. ↑ IG XII Suppl. 194.14-15, 16; Mogens Herman Hansen (1997). The Polis as an Urban Centre and as a Political Community: Symposium, August 29-31 1996. p. 490.


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