310 PLIIiTT'S NATUEAL HISTORY. [Book IT. 



then, are the seas and the various nations which are com- 

 prehended in the third great Gulf of Europe. 



CHAP. 19. (12.) THE ISLANDS WHICH LIE BEEOEE THE 



LANDS ALEEADY MElSTTIOlSrED. 



Lying opposite to Thesprotia, at a distance of twelve 

 miles from Buthrotus, and of fifty from Acroceraunia, is the 

 island of Corcyra\ with a city of the same name, the citi- 

 zens of which are free ; also a town called Cassiope^, and a 

 temple dedicated to Jupiter Cassius. This island is ninety- 

 seven miles in length, and in Homer has the names of 

 Scheria and Phseacia ; while CaUimachus calls it Drepane. 

 There are some other islands around it, such as Thoronos'"^, 

 lying in the direction of Italy, and the two islands of Paxos"* 

 in that of Leucadia, both of them five miles distant from 

 Corcyra. Not far'^ from these, and in front of Corcyra, are 

 Ericusa, Marathe, Elaphusa, Malthace, Trachie, Pythionia, 

 Ptychia, Tarachie, and, off Phalacrum^, a promontory of 

 Corcyra, the rock into which (according to the story, which 

 arises no doubt from the similarity of appearance) the ship 

 of Ulysses was changed. 



Before Leucimna'^ we find the islands of Sybota, and be- 

 tween Leucadia and Achaia a great number of islands, among 

 which are those called Teleboides^, as also Taphiae ; by the 

 natives, those which lie before Leucadia are called by the 

 names of Taphias, Oxiae, and Prinoessa^ ; while those that 

 are in front of ^Etolia are the Echinades^", consisting of 

 ^gialia, Cotonis, Thyatira, Greoaris, Dionysia, Cyrnus, 

 Chalcis, Piuara, and Mystus. im 



1 Now Corfu. Of its city of Corcyra only a few ruins now exist. 



2 There are still some remains of it near the village called Cassopo. 



3 Now Fano, or Merlere. ^ Now Paxo and Antipaxo. 



5 On the contrary, they he at the other end of the isle of Corcyi'a. 

 Some of them are mere rocks, and cannot be distinguished by their ancient 

 names. The present names of four are Sametraki, Diaplo, Boaia, and 

 the Isle of Ulysses. ^ Now Capo Drasti. 



7 Now Capo Levkimo. The islands are those of Santo Niccolo. 



8 Or Islands of the Teleboans. 



9 These three seem to be those now called Magnisi, Kalamota, and 

 Kastus. These lie facmg the promontory of Leucadia, the others opposite 

 ;E oha. 



^° Opposite Acamania : by the Venetians they were called the Islands of 

 Kurtzolari. Some of them are cultivated, others again are mere rocks. 



