Return to gazetteer

Modone

Ancient name
Methone
Modern name
Methoni
Modern country
Greece
Modone (now Methoni) is a fortified port town on the southwestern end of the Peloponnesian peninsula. In the fifteenth century it was a Venetian port. Campbell #939.
Coordinates
40.47, 22.58

The toponym Modone appears in La Sfera in the following places:

Click on any citation to view it in context in the edition.

Map of the location P094

Variant spellings of Modone in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Modone.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/modone/.