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The '''Myrtoan (Mirtoan) Sea''' is a subdivision of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] that lies between the [[Cyclades]] and the [[Peloponnesos]]. It is described as the part of the [[Aegean Sea]] south of [[Euboea]], [[Attica]], and [[Argolis]].[http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/hofmann/m/books/m_5301.html]

The [[Saronic Gulf]], the gulf of [[Athens]], lies between the [[Corinth Canal]] and the Myrtoan Sea.

==Names==
It is said to have been named after the mythical hero [[Myrtilus]], who was thrown into this sea by an enraged [[Pelops]]. The name has also been connected with that of the maiden Myrto. It is also said to have derived its name from a small island named Myrtus.

==Classical references==
*Horace makes a reference to ''Mare Myrtoum'' in Liber I, Carmen I, line 14 ("Ad Maecenatem").[http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Carmina_(Horatius)_I,_I]
*Pliny the Elder (iv. 11. s. 18) considers the Myrtoan a part of the Aegean.
*Strabo distinguishes between the Myrtoan and Aegean; Strabo wrote that the Aegean terminated at the promontory of [[Sunium]] in [[Attica]].

==External links==
*[http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/hofmann/m/books/m_5301.html MYRTOUM mare]

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