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12 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD) alphabetic letter C
   Homer, whose authority was deemed paramount, most of the ancient writers call. the island Calydna, and some were even. led into the, error of making two different islands, Calydna and Calymna ( ; Steph. (33.84)

2. Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898) alphabetic letter C
   The largest of them was called Calydna, and afterwards Calymna. (16.06)

3. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD) alphabetic letter T
   ) It was originally called Leucophrys, from its white cliffs, Calydna, Phoenice, or Lyrnessus (Strab. (12.72)

4. Strabo, Geography (eds. H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A.) book 13, chapter 1, section 46
   There are some writers who call Tenedos Calydna, and others Leucophrys. (11.17)

5. Strabo, Geography (eds. H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A.)
   Calydna, same as Tenedos, ii. 214, 372. (7.97)

6. Pliny the Elder, The Natural History (eds. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S.) book 11, chapter 13
   The honey is always best in those countries where it is to be found deposited in the calix of the most exquisite flowers, such, for instance, as the districts of Hymettus and Hybla, in Attica and Sicily respectively, and after them the island of Calydna. (6.48)

7. J. Wells, W. W. How, A Commentary on Herodotus book 1, chapter 144, section 1
   Among these may be mentioned Carpathos, Syme (174. 3), Calydna, and Nisyros (vii. 99. 2). (5.99)

8. Strabo, Geography book 10, chapter 5, section 19
   But it is reasonable to suppose that, as the islands which are near, and subject to, Nisyros and Casos are called "Islands of the Nisyrians" and "Islands of the Casians," so also those which lie round Calymna were called "Islands of the Calymnians"—Calymna at that time, perhaps, being called Calydna. (5.84)

9. Strabo, Geography (eds. H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A.) book 10, chapter 5, section 19
   But it is probable that as the islands, which are near and dependent, have their names from the Nisyrii and Casii, so those that lie around Calymna had their name from that island, which was then perhaps called Calydna. (5.84)

10. P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Arthur Golding) book 8, line 235
    And now did on their left side stand
    The Iles of Paros and of Dele and Samos, Junos land:
    And on their right, Lebinthos and the faire Calydna fraught
    With store of honie: when the Boy a frolicke courage caught
    To flie at randon.
    (5.26)

11. Strabo, Geography book 13, chapter 1, section 46
    And some give the name Calydna to Tenedos itself, while others call it Leucophrys. (4.62)

12. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter A
    A queen of Halicarnassus, Cos, Nisyros, and Calydna, who ruled over these places as a vassal of the Persian empire in the reign of Xerxes I. She was a daughter of Lygdamis, and on the death of her husband, she succeeded him as queen. (4.39)