ancient sea port town of Africa, in the kingdom of Tripoli, with a pretty good harbour, and an old castle, seated on the Mediterranean sea; in E. Long. 14. 50. N. Lat. 32. 10.

Lebedos, reckoned among the twelve ancient cities of Ionia, was situated to the south of Smyrna. It was the residence of stage-players, and the place where they met from all parts of Ionia, as far as the Hellepont, and celebrated annual games in honour of Bacchus, (Strabo). It was overthrown by Lycurgus, who removed the inhabitants to Ephesus; scarce ever after recovering itself, and becoming rather a village than a town, (Horace.)

Leben, or Lebena, in Ancient Geography, one of the port towns of the Gortynians, near the promontory Leon, on the south-east side of Crete; famous for a temple of Æsculapius in imitation of that of Cyrenaica.

Lerbrix, an ancient, strong, and pleasant town of Spain, in Andalusia; seated on a territory abounding in corn, wine, and a great number of olive trees, of whose fruit they make the best oil in Spain. W. Long. 5. 32. N. Lat. 36. 52.