Eleusa
ELEUSA
1.(Ἐλεούσα, Ἐλαούση), a small island off the coast of Caria (Strab. pp. 651, 652; Stadiasmus), between Rhodus and the mainland, opposite to the mountain promontory Phoenix [CARIA 519b.], 4 stadia from Phoenix, and 120 stadia from Rhodes. It was 8 stadia in circuit. (Strabo.) This seems to be the small island marked Alessa in the latest maps.
2.ELEUSA(Ἐλεούσα, Strab. p. 671) or ELAEUSSA(Ἐλαιοῦσσα : Eth. Ἐλαιούσσιος, Steph. B. s. v.), an island close to the shore of Cilicia, afterwards called Sebaste [CILICIA 622a.]. (Leake, Asia Minor, p. 213.) The name is written Eleus (Ἐλεοῦς) in the Stadiasmus.
Stephanus, after mentioning the Elaeussa of Caria, says that there are also seven other islands,--of the same name, we must infer. The writing of the word, as it has been shown, varies; but perhaps the form Ἐλαιοῦσσα is the best. [G.L]
ELEU´SA or ELEUSSA (Ἐλεοῦσσα).
1.An island opposite cape Astypalaea, off the western coast of Attica. (Strab. 9. p. 398.)
2.An island named by Pliny, along with eight others, as lying opposite the promontory Spiraeum, which separated the territories of Corinth and Epidaurus. There are several small islands opposite this promontory, one of which is now called Laoussa, probably a corruption of Eleussa. (Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 19; Boblaye, Recherches, &100. p. 65.)