Leuconia (Ionia)

Leuconia or Leukonia (Ancient Greek: Λευκώνια) was a town of ancient Ionia, about the possession of which the Chians were involved in a war with Erythrae.[1] It was, according to Plutarch, was a colony of Chios.[2]

Its site is unlocated.[3]

References
  1. Polyaenus 8.66.
  2. Plutarch de Virt. Mul. vii. p. 7, ed. Reiske.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Leuconium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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