Melas (Ancient Greek: Μελάς) 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.
Its site is tentatively located near modern Melanes.
References
- Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- 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.
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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