To the northeast lies Thrace, to the north Moesia, to the northwest Istria, to the south the island of Crete, part of Greece, after which Egypt to the southeast and Libya Cyrenensis to the southwest, and to the East the Cyclades islands, and Asia Minor, home to Greek colonies such as Miletus, and in the northwest, the infamous fallen city of Troy.
Rhodes is the first island to the East. It is said that roses were first invented there, serving as the origin of the island's name, and it's main town, with the same name. The Colossus of the Sun, and some a hundred other smaller colossus, were built on the island.
The island of Coos is the birthplace of the medic Hippocrates; Which also, as the Roman author Varro testifies, first found ways to use wool as decoration.
Tenedos in the north is named so after Tenes. Tenes is infamous for sleeping with his stepmother, and fleeing to the island. There, he got the island, devoid of inhabitants, and it is still named after him today.
Karpathos, an island between Rhodes and Crete, is possibly named so after the lively maturity of it's fruits. It is also known for being home to the Carpathian ships, very big and spatious ships.
Cytherea is an island of the west Cyclades, called so in light of Venus's birth there. It was previously known as Porphyris.
Icaria is yet another island of the Cyclades, between Samos and Myconus. It gives it's name to the Icarian Sea, and is itself named after Icarus, Daedalus's son who made wings out of feather and wax, and fell into the sea. In some later versions of the story, the two escaped by ship, however the prevailing story is that Icarus drowned.
Naxos is called so from Dionysus, such that it can be called Dionaxos also, due to the fertility of it's grapevines, used for wine-making - an area in which Dionysus excels. The island is 18 miles away from Delos, where Jupiter had once been the protector of violent titans.