classical antiquity Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD centred on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ...

, the Arginusae ( grc, Ἀργινοῦσαι ''Arginousai'') were three islands off the Dikili Peninsula on the coast of modern-day

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

, famous as the site of the

Battle of Arginusae The naval Battle of Arginusae took place in 406 BC during the Peloponnesian War near the city of Canae in the Arginusae islands, east of the island of Lesbos. In the battle, an Athenian fleet commanded by eight strategoi defeated a Spartan fle ...

during the

Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world. The war remained undecided for a long time until the decisive intervention of th ...

. They were also collectively referred to as Canaea after the city of

Canae Canae ( grc, Κάναι; tr, Kane) was, in classical antiquity, a city in ancient Aeolis, on the island of Argennusa in the Aegean Sea off the modern Dikili Peninsula on the coast of modern-day Turkey, near the modern village of Bademli. T ...

on the largest island. Today two of the islands remain, while the third and largest has become attached to the mainland as a promontory near the modern village of Bademli: *Baston Islands **

Garip Island Garip Island is a small (88 acres) island off the coast of Dikili ilçe in İzmir Province, Turkey. It is one of two small islands, together called the Garip Islands ( tr, Garip Adaları), at the cut point of Dikili's Bademli Bay. Both islands f ...

( tr, Garip Adası, literally "Strange Island"); Nisída Ázano **

Kalem Island Kalem Island ( tr, Kalem Adası, literally "Pen Island") is an Aegean island of Turkey. Administratively, the island is a part of Dikili ilçe (district) of İzmir Province at . It is close to Bademli town and its distance to main land (Anatoli ...

( tr, Kalem Adası, literally "Pen Island"); Nikolo, Vráchos Nikolós ** Kane Peninsula or Promontory ( tr, Kane Yarımada), called Argennusa ( grc, Ἀργέννουσα; la, Arginusa) in antiquity, when it was an island; Canaea,

, Κάνη Argennusa was the site of the ancient city of

. The names Arginusae and Argennusa come from

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

''arginóeis'', ''argennóeis'' (ἀργινόεις, ἀργεννόεις), "bright-shining".ἀργινόεις
in the Greek Word Study Tool

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History of İzmir Province Islands of Turkey Aeolis {{İzmir-geo-stub