Cape Agrilia ( el, Άκρα Αγριλιά, Ákra Agriliós), anciently Malea ( grc, Μαλέα) or Malia (Μαλία) or Mania (Μανία), la, Malia Promontorium, is the southeasternmost point of the island of

Lesbos Lesbos or Lesvos ( el, Λέσβος, Lésvos ) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of with approximately of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece. It is separated from Anatolia, Asia Minor ...

. It is also known as Agrelias. Immediately opposite, on the mainland, is

Kane Peninsula 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 ...

(anciently known as Cane, Aega, or Aiga) now in Turkey, and the

Arginusae In classical antiquity, the Arginusae ( grc, Ἀργινοῦσαι ''Arginousai'') were three islands off the Dikili Peninsula on the coast of modern-day Turkey, famous as the site of the Battle of Arginusae during the Peloponnesian War. They were ...

islands. During Ottoman rule it was called in tr, Zeitun Burun. It is a high and conspicuous point at sea.

Xenophon Xenophon of Athens (; grc, wikt:Ξενοφῶν, Ξενοφῶν ; – probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected commander of one of the biggest Anci ...

says that the fleet of

Callicratidas Callicratidas ( el, Καλλικρατίδας) was a Spartan navarch during the Peloponnesian War. He belonged to the mothax class so he was not a Spartiate, despite his status he had risen to prominence. In 406 BC, he was sent to the Aegean to ta ...

occupied this station before the sea-fight off Arginusae. There is some obscurity in Xenophon's topography in reference to this place.

Thucydides Thucydides (; grc, , }; BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientifi ...

is more confused; he says distinctly that Malea lay to the north of

Mytilene Mytilene (; el, Μυτιλήνη, Mytilíni ; tr, Midilli) is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port. It is also the capital and administrative center of the North Aegean Region, and hosts the headquarters of the University of ...

, which is inconsistent with the position of Cape Agrilia. Possibly the Malea of Thucydides had some connection with the sanctuary of Apollo Maloeis.

References

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