# Crocylea

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**Krocylea** (Greek: **Κροκύλεια**) is an [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek) name of an island in the [Ionian Sea](/source/Ionian_Sea), near [Ithaca](/source/Homer's_Ithaca). In Homer's *[Iliad](/source/Iliad)*, book II, Krocylea is part of [Odysseus](/source/Odysseus)'s kingdom[1]: 2.630. Some researchers, including [Wilhelm Dörpfeld](/source/Wilhelm_D%C3%B6rpfeld) estimate that Krocylea is present day island of [Atokos](/source/Atokos) or [Meganisi](/source/Meganisi)[citation needed]

## References

1. Homer. [*The Iliad with an English Translation*](http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.615-2.652). Translated by Murray, A. T. Cambridge, MA: Harward University Press.

## See also

- [Same](/source/Same_(ancient_Greece))

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