Rhodes Greek The easternmost island of the Aegean Sea.
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Rhodes Greek The easternmost island of the Aegean Sea. In Greek mythology, it was the favored abode of the sun god Helios, whose wife was the Nymph Rhodos. Their children were the first inhabitants of Rhodes.
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- Seriphos (Serifo s) Greek An island in the Western Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea.
- Naxos Greek An island in the Aegean Sea southeast of Greece.
- Helios (Helius) (The sun god) Greek Helios was husband to Rhodos, the Nymph of the island of Rhodes, which he chose as his favored abode.
- Hell espont (Dardanelles) Greek The long narrow channel or strait leading from the Aegean Sea into the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.
- Laestrygonians Greek A race of giant cannibals who devoured many of the crewmen of the ships of Odysseus when the hero anchored near their island.