LEON
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]