Mljet is a Croatian island in the Adriatic nearly opposite Dubrovnik. It is one of the many locations claimed as Homer’s Ogygia, which in turn has been identified by some as Atlantis. This is not the only controversial matter associated with the island, Mljet in Greek is Melite a name it shares with Malta. For centuries there has been a strong tradition on Mljet that St. Paul was in fact shipwrecked on their island. The evidence^(a)(b) is quite strong and worthy of investigation.

Further rivalry concerns the origin of the name of the toy dog breed, the Maltese. Callimachus around 350 BC attributing the honour to Mljet, while John Caius, physician to Queen Elizabeth I, maintained that he was referring to Melita in the Sicilian Strait.

^(a) http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/st_paul.html

^(b) http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9904/1/Miho-Demovic-Two-millenia-of–St-Pauls-shipwreck-near-the-Croatian-island-of-Mljet.html