Levitha

{{Short description|Island in Greece}}

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Levitha ({{langx|el|Λέβιθα}}), known in classical antiquity as Lebinthus or Lebinthos ({{langx|grc|Λέβινθος}}) is a small Greek island located in the east of the Aegean Sea, between Kinaros and Kalymnos, part of the Dodecanese islands. It is part of the municipality of Leros. The island is mentioned in two of Ovid's works Ars Amatoria and the Metamorphoses in connection with the saga of Daedalus and Icarus. While escaping from Crete, Daedalus and Icarus flew over Lebinthus.Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.222; Ars Amatoria 2.81. Besides Ovid, the island is noted by the ancient authors Pliny the Elder,{{Cite Pliny|4.12.23}} Pomponius Mela,{{Cite Mela|2.7.11}} Strabo,{{Cite Strabo|x. p. 487}} and Stephanus of Byzantium.{{Cite Stephanus|s.v. Δρεπάνη}} In addition, it is mentioned in the Stadiasmus Maris Magni.[https://topostext.org/work/217#281 Stadiasmus of the Great Sea, 281]

{{As of|2009}}, the population of the island is five with a family of two children and their grandmother. The total area of the island is {{convert|9.2|km2|0|abbr=out}} and its total coastline is {{convert|34|km|0|abbr=off}}.