#anaphe

• Anafi — An historical geographical name or rare toponymic variant for the Greek island Anafi (located in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea). In a structural mythological and historical sense, the name is closely linked to the legend of the Argonauts, who discovered the island as a refuge miraculously emerged by the command of the god Apollo to save them from a violent storm, with the term used in ancient literature to designate this isolated and rocky space.
• Anafis — A Latinized form, old cartographic variant, or historical transcription error for the name of the Greek island Anafi or for the ancient settlement Anaphe, located in the Aegean Sea. In medieval maritime documents or Byzantine and Venetian travel journals, the term structurally served as a geographical indicator to map trade routes within the Cyclades archipelago.