Leuconia or Leukonia (Ancient Greek: Λευκώνια) was a town of ancient Ionia, about the possession of which the Chians were involved in a war with Erythrae.[1] It was, according to Plutarch, was a colony of Chios.[2]

Its site is unlocated.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Polyaenus 8.66.
  2. ↑ Plutarch de Virt. Mul. vii. p. 7, ed. Reiske.
  3. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Leuconium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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