Ancient History. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Ionians (Ionian, n.1 1) or their language; Ionian.

Of, relating to, or inhabiting the island of Rhodes.

Of or relating to Crete. Cf. Cretan, adj.

With capital initial. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Greek island of Lesbos.

Of or belonging to the island of Crete in the Mediterranean.

Ancient History. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Ionians (see sense A. 1); Ionic.

Of, belonging to, or relating to Ortygia (now Delos), a Greek island in the Cyclades, held in classical mythology to be the birthplace of Apollo…

Of or relating to Paros; spec. designating the fine white marble, prized in antiquity by sculptors, for which the island was renowned.

Of or pertaining to Lemnos. Lemnian earth (see quot. 1797) = sphragid(e, n. Lemnian reddle (see quot. 1865). Lemnian smith: Hephæstus or Vulcan.

Of or relating to Carpathos or Karpathos, an island in the Ægean Sea.

With capital initial. Of, belonging, or relating to the Aegean island of Lesbos, especially as the home of the ancient Greek poet Sappho (cf. Sapphic…

= Euboic, adj.

Of or relating to the island of Melos.

Of or relating to the Greek island of Chios; Chian.

Of, relating to, characteristic of, or designating the Bronze Age civilization of Crete and neighbouring parts of the Aegean.

= Naxian, adj. Now rare.

Of or pertaining to, an inhabitant of, the Greek island of Corfu.

Of or pertaining to Knossos, a city in ancient Crete, where, according to classical tradition, King Minos ruled and kept the Minotaur in a…

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Siphnos.

Of or pertaining to the Cyclades, a group of islands in the Aegean, lying in a circle round Delos; spec. designating, or pertaining to, the…

Of or pertaining to Leucadia.