List of Lycian Place Names - M

M

English classical name Inscriptional name Description Sources
Macra Island Greek Makra, Turkish Meğri Ada. Stephanus
Masicytus A political unit of Lycia It had its own coinage. Implied by Ptolemy's "near the Masicytus mountains."
Masicytus mountains Greek Masikytos, Turkish Alaca Dağ. Ptolemy lists without coordinates, Pliny has Masycites.
Megale Island Greek Megale. Stephanus
Megiste Ancient Greek Megiste, modern Greek Kastellorizon. Strabo, Stephanus, who place it on the island, same name.
Megiste Island Ancient Greek Megiste, Modern Greek Megiste, belongs to Greece. Ptolemy, Strabo, Stephanus.
Melaenae Greek Melainai Stephanus
Melanippion Greek Melanippion, on Turkish Karaöz Limanı. Stephanus
Menedemion Stephanus
Meroe Stephanus
Milias Greek Miluas, Anglicised to Milyas. A district located on an alpine plain near Bay Dağ, identified by the Greek name on an inscription. Ptolemy, Strabo.
Misai Misae Hierocles
Molydeia Moludeia Stephanus
Myra 36°15′47.1″N 29°58′37.0″E / 36.263083°N 29.97694°E / 36.263083; 29.97694, elevation 239 m (784 ft), Greek Mura, 295 m (968 ft) from Sumeli in Demre. Strabo, Pliny, Stephanus. Hierocles has Myra Metropolis.

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