Lichades
αἱ Λιχάδες
Lichades (αἱ Λιχάδες), a group of three small islands between. the promontory of Cenaeum. in Euboea and that of Cnemides in Loeris. They are said to have derived their name from Lichas, who was here thrown into the sea by Hercules, when he was suffering from the poisoned garment.. (Strab. i. p.60, ix. p. 426; Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 20; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. ii. p. 177.)
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.