Elymnion

Elymnion ( grc, Ἐλύμνιον, la, Elymnium) was an

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Euboea Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...

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Aristophanes Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion ( la, Cydathenaeum), was a comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. Eleven of his for ...

. The exact location is unknown, and several possible locations have been suggested, including the present town Limni on the coast of the

North Euboean Gulf The North Euboean Gulf ( el, Βόρειος Ευβοϊκός Κόλπος, ''Voreios Evvoïkos Kolpos'') is a gulf of the Aegean Sea. It separates the northern part of the island Euboea from the mainland of Central Greece. The narrow Euripus Strai ...

. The modern municipal unit Elymnioi took its name from ancient Elymnion. {{coord missing, Greece Cities in ancient Greece Populated places in ancient Euboea Former populated places in Greece