 The island can be seen from Knossos and it has the shape of a giant lizard.The islets of Lefkai were the result of a musical contest between the Sirens and the Muses.The Muses were so anguished to have lost that they plucked the feathers from the wings of their rivals; the Sirens turned white and fell into the sea at Aptera ("featherless") where they formed the islands in the bay that were called Lefkai (the islands of Souda and Leon).