Leucas

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Leucas was an ancient Greek city and island in the Ionian Sea, known for its strategic location and later prominence as Leucadia (modern Lefkada).

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Label Occurrences
Leucas canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city
ancient polis
island
associatedWith Ionian maritime trade routes
navigation between mainland Greece and western Mediterranean
colonizedBy Corinth
connectedTo Aetolia
surface form: Acarnania

mainland Greece by causeway in antiquity
culture Ancient Greek
governedAs Greek city-state in antiquity
hasAlternativeName Leucade
Leucadia
Leukas
hasCapital Leucas (city)
hasModernCity Lefkada
surface form: Lefkada (town)
hasModernName Lefkada
hasType polis
historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
Hellenistic period
Roman period
knownFor later prominence as Leucadia
strategic maritime position in the Ionian Sea
language Ancient Greek
locatedIn Greece
Ionian Sea
Ionian Sea
surface form: Ionian Sea region
locatedNear Epirus coast
surface form: Acarnanian coast

western coast of mainland Greece
modernCountry Greece
modernEquivalent Lefkada
surface form: Lefkada (island)
partOf Ionian Islands
Ionian maritime networks
ancient Greek world
region Aetolia
surface form: Acarnania
religion Ancient Greek religion
strategicLocation entrance to the Ambracian Gulf
topography island separated from mainland by narrow strait

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Corinth colonized Leucas
Corinthian stater mintedIn Leucas
Acarnanians importantCity Leucas