Leon
Λέων ἄκρα
Leon (Λέων ἄκρα.)
1.
A point on the S. coast of Crete, now Punta di Lionda. (Ptol. 3.17.4; Höck, Kreta, vol. i. pp. 394, 413.) [E.B.J]
2.
A promontory of Euboea, S. of Eretria, on the καλὴ ἀκτή. (Ptol. 3.15.24.)
3.
A place on the E. coast of Sicily, near Syracuse, where both the Athenians and Romans landed when they were going to attack that city. (Thuc. 6.97; Liv. 24.39.) [SYRACUSAE]
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.