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Melas

Ancient city · Greece

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
37.096, 25.435
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient town on Naxos island, Greece

History

Melas was a town of ancient Greece on the island of Naxos. It is cited, along with Elaeus, in an ancient inscription dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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