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- λ359ΛείβηθραLeibethra… which notes also upper-case Leibethron, a mountainous district of Thrake; Strabo 9.2.25, etc.
- μ176ΜαραθίωνοςMarathionos, Marathion… grid A3. [1] A city near Ephesos, also cited by Strabo 14.1.20 and others. Present-day Ambar Tepe in Turkey. Barrington Atlas map 61 grid E2.
- λ153ΛαυρέντειαLaurenteia, Laurentia, Laurentum… was supposed to have arrived in Latium (central Italy). See Strabo 5.3.2 and others. Arcadius also mentions a Laurentos in Sicily.
- κ1319ΚενινήτηςKeninete… at Judges 1:16. Alternatively [DW] a variant of Kananites. See Strabo 14.5.14: Athenodorus son of Sandon is 'also called Kananites, after some village [sc. near Tarsus]'. Or [CR] a variant of Kaininetes, as in …
- κ1227ΚεδρωσίαKedrosia, Gedrosia… the Suda, Diodorus Siculus and Agatharchides. Most other authors, including Strabo, Claudius Ptolemy and Stephanus of Byzantium spell it 'Gedrosia'. The term normally describes a chora/territory, not a city. If a city is meant, …
- μ1097ΜινύειονMinyan, Minyeios… supposedly autochthonous inhabitants of various parts of Greece. See e.g. Strabo 9.2.40, and generally OCD(4) s.v. Minyans and Minyas. [2] The epic/Ionic dialect version of the headword; again sometimes (e.g. Pausanias 9.36.7) applied to …
- λ769ΛυγαῖοςLygaian, Lugaean, Lugian?, Leugaian?, of the twilight… being the name of a mythological figure (grandfather of Penelope: Strabo 10.2.24), is thus most commonly met as an adjective meaning gloomy or murky or shadowy. Since the equivalent entry in ps.-Zonaras contains the …