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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
36.821667, 21.706944
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364310

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

04.23.04

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Map of the location P094

This toponym only appears in the poem, never in the maps.

Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Modone.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/modone/.