Echinades

Coordinates: 38°18′13″N 21°6′39″E / 38.30361°N 21.11083°E / 38.30361; 21.11083
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The Echinades

The Echinades (

emir of Qatar, who purchased them for a reported £7.3 million sterling.[1] The Battle of the Echinades in 1427 and the Battle of Lepanto
in 1571 were fought at or near the islands.

History

Several of the islands have been joined to the mainland by alluvial deposits. Herodotus says that half of the islands had been already united to the mainland in his time (ii. 10); and Thucydides expected that this would be the case with all of them before long, since they lay so close together as to be easily connected by the alluvium brought down by the Achelous River (ii. 102.). This expectation, however, has not been fulfilled, which Pausanias attributed (viii. 24. § 11) to the Achelous bringing down less alluvium in consequence of the uncultivated condition of Aetolia; but there can be little doubt that it is owing to the increasing depth of the sea, which prevents any perceptible progress being made.

The Echinades are mentioned by Homer, who, in the

Taphos (Taphiae Insulae). However, most modern scholars, including the editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, place the island of Taphos at Meganisi east of Lefkada, quite northwest of the Echinades; hence, the islands of Taphos would include Meganisi, Kalamos, Kastos
, and surrounding islands.

Homer, as we have already seen, describes the Echinades as inhabited; but both Thucydides and

Oxeiae (Oxeias, Oxiés, or Scrofés) islands. (Steph. B. s. v. Ἀπτεμίτα) The Oxeiae (αἱ Ὀξεῖαι) are sometimes spoken of as a separate group of islands to the west or south of the Echinades,[7] but are included by Strabo under the general name of Echinades (x. p. 458). The Oxeiae, according to Strabo, are mentioned by Homer under the synonymous name of Thoae or Thoai.[8]

Name

The Echinades derived their name from the echinus or the

Lampriní (Lambrinó), Sofía (Sofiá), also known as Gaia, Drakonera (Dhragonára). Oxeia alone is lofty (421 meters). Makri and Vrómonas are the two islands next in importance.[9]

Name Greek Community Subgroup Area (km2)[10] Highest
point[11] 		Location
Praso Πράσο Pylaros Drakoneres 38°28′58″N 20°58′10″E / 38.48278°N 20.96944°E / 38.48278; 20.96944 (Praso)
Sofia
 Σοφία Pylaros Drakoneres 0.174 38°28′49″N 21°0′5″E / 38.48028°N 21.00139°E / 38.48028; 21.00139 (Sofia)
Lamprinos Λαμπρινός Pylaros Drakoneres 0.352 61 m 38°28′22″N 21°0′18″E / 38.47278°N 21.00500°E / 38.47278; 21.00500 (Lambrinos)
Drakonera Δρακονέρα Ithaka Drakoneres 2.442 137 m 38°28′51″N 21°1′15″E / 38.48083°N 21.02083°E / 38.48083; 21.02083 (Drakonera)
Filippos Φίλιππος Pylaros Drakoneres 0.046[12] 38°28′17″N 21°0′55″E / 38.47139°N 21.01528°E / 38.47139; 21.01528 (Philippos)
Pistros Πίστρος Pylaros Drakoneres 0.114 41 m 38°27′51″N 21°0′58″E / 38.46417°N 21.01611°E / 38.46417; 21.01611 (Pistros)
Kalogiros Καλόγηρος Pylaros Drakoneres 0.249 38°29′28″N 21°1′49″E / 38.49111°N 21.03028°E / 38.49111; 21.03028 (Kalogiros)
Karlonisi Καρλονήσι Ithaka Drakoneres 0.719 77 m 38°28′32″N 21°2′35″E / 38.47556°N 21.04306°E / 38.47556; 21.04306 (Karlonisi)
Tsakalonisi Τσακαλονήσι Pylaros Drakoneres 0.1 38°27′44″N 21°2′11″E / 38.46222°N 21.03639°E / 38.46222; 21.03639 (Tsakalonisi)
Provati
 Προβάτι Ithaka Drakoneres 1.21 75 m 38°27′48″N 21°2′53″E / 38.46333°N 21.04806°E / 38.46333; 21.04806 (Provati)
Pontikos Ποντικός Ithaka Drakoneres 0.736 38°27′17″N 21°3′59″E / 38.45472°N 21.06639°E / 38.45472; 21.06639 (Pondikos)
Girovaris or Gkravaris Γηρόβαρης or Γκράβαρης Pylaros Modia 24 m 38°26′24″N 21°1′36″E / 38.44000°N 21.02667°E / 38.44000; 21.02667 (Gravaris)
Soros Σωρός Pylaros Modia 0.038[12] 31 m 38°26′5″N 21°1′30″E / 38.43472°N 21.02500°E / 38.43472; 21.02500 (Soros)
Apasa Άπασα Pylaros Modia 0.024[12] 17 m 38°25′53″N 21°1′29″E / 38.43139°N 21.02472°E / 38.43139; 21.02472 (Apasa)
Modio
or Modi 		Μοδιό or Μόδι Pylaros Modia 0.258 66 m 38°25′25″N 21°1′20″E / 38.42361°N 21.02222°E / 38.42361; 21.02222 (Modi)
Petalas Πεταλάς Pylaros Ouniades 5.497 251 m 38°24′50″N 21°5′41″E / 38.41389°N 21.09472°E / 38.41389; 21.09472 (Petalas)
Vromonas Βρομώνας Ithaka Ouniades 1.047 141 m 38°22′9″N 20°59′43″E / 38.36917°N 20.99528°E / 38.36917; 20.99528 (Vromonas)
Makri Μάκρη Ithaka Ouniades 0.983 126 m 38°21′30″N 21°2′19″E / 38.35833°N 21.03861°E / 38.35833; 21.03861 (Makri)
Kouneli or Makropoula Κουνέλι or Μακροπούλα Ithaka Ouniades 0.095[12] 126 m 38°21′6″N 21°3′17″E / 38.35167°N 21.05472°E / 38.35167; 21.05472 (Kouneli)
Oxeia Οξεία Ithaka Ouniades 4.223 421 m 38°18′13″N 21°6′39″E / 38.30361°N 21.11083°E / 38.30361; 21.11083 (Oxia)

References

  1. ^ "Emir of Qatar buys six Greek islands for £7m". The Telegraph (UK). 5 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  2. ^ Homer Iliad ii. 625.
  3. ^ Homer Odyssey i. 245, ix. 24, xiv. 397, xvi. 123, 247; Hymn. in Apoll. 429; Πολύπυρον, Od. xiv. 335, xvi. 396, xix. 292.
  4. ^ Thuc. ii. 102; Scylax, p. 14.
  5. ^ iv. 12. s. 19.
  6. ^ Strabo i. p. 59; Pliny iv. 1. s. 2.
  7. ^ comp. Pliny iv. 12. s. 19.
  8. ^ (Θοαί, Odyssey xv. 299.
  9. ^ Kruse, Hellas, vol. ii. pt. ii. p. 455, seq.; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. iii. pp. 30, seq., 50, seq.; Mure, Tour in Greece, vol. i. p. 104.
  10. ^ Arnold, Charles. Die Inseln des Mittelmeers. (German.)
  11. ^ Data from GTP.
  12. ^ a b c d Προσδιορισμός και χαρτογράφηση των ορνιθολογικά ευαίσθητων στα αιολικά πάρκα περιοχών της Ελλάδας, Ελληνική Ορνιθολογική Εταιρεία (Griechische Ornithologische Gesellschaft) PDF Online[permanent dead link] (1,883 MB), griechisch

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