# opposite the island

"near the island" or "across from the island"

# the island of Chios

Chios is an island off the coast of modern day Turkey in the Aegean Sea. 

# we touched at the island of Samos

"we arrived at the island of Samos"

# island of Samos

Samos is an island south of Chios in the Aegean Sea off the coast of modern day Turkey.

# the city of Miletus

Miletus was a port city in western Asia Minor near the mouth of the Meander River.