322 plint's natijeal histokt. [Book IV. 



biiitlius^ Leros^, Cinara^ ; Sicinus'*, formerly called QEnoe^ ; 

 Hieracia, also called Onus; Casos*^, likewise called Astrabe ; 

 Cimolus", or Ecliiuussa ; and Melos^, with a city of that name, 

 which island Aristides calls Memblis, Aristotle Zephyria,Cal- 

 limachus Mimallis, Heraclides Siphis and Acytos. This last 

 is the most circular® in form of all these islands. After this 

 comes Machia, then Hypere, formerly Patage, or, as others 

 have it, Platage, but now called Amorgos^", Polyajgos", 

 Phyle, and Thera^", known as Calliste when it first sprang 

 from the waves. Prom this, at a later period, the island of 



1 One of the Sporades, now Lebitlia. 



2 Now Lero. Its inhabitants were of Milesian origin, and of indif- 

 ferent character. In its temple of Ai-temis, the sisters of Meleager were 

 said to have been changed into guinea-fowls. It w^as opposite the coast 

 of Caria. 



3 Now Zinari, N.E, of Amorgos, The artichoke (called Kivapa in 

 Greek) is said to have given name to it. 



^ Now Sikino ; between Pholegandros and los. 



* So called, accordhig to Stephanus, from its cultivation of the vine 

 and produce of wine, olvos. It was situate between Pholegandros and los. 

 It was said to have had the name of Siciuus from a son of Thoas and 

 GEnoe. Hieracia seems to be miknoAvii. 



^ StiU known by that name, and lymg between Carpathus and Crete. 

 The ruins of the ancient town of Casos are stiU to be seen at the village 

 of Polin, It is mentioned by Homer. 



7 Now Kiaioli, one of the Cyclades, between Siplmos and Melos. It 

 took its name of Echmussa from the ' Ecliinus,' or Sea-m'chin, of wliich 

 various fossil specunens are stiU found on the coast ; but nowhere else in 

 these islands, except the opposite coast of Melos. There are considerable 

 ruins of its ancient town. 



^ Now MQo, the most westerly of the Cyclades. It is remarkable for 

 its extreme fertility. Its town, which, according to most authorities, 

 was called Bybhs, was situate on the north of the island. 



'^ Ansart remarks, that our author is mistaken in tliis assertion, for 

 not only are many others of these islands more circular in form, but 

 even that of Kimolo, wliich stands next to it. 



^^ Now Amorgo, S.E. of Naxos. It was the bu'th-plaee of the Iambic 

 poet Simonides. It is noted for its fertility. Under the Roman em- 

 perors, it was vised as a place of banishment. 



11 Now Polybos, or Antimelos, an mimhabited island near Melos. 

 Phyle seems not to have been identified. 



^'^ Now Santorin, south of the island of los. The tradition was, that 

 it was formed from a clod of earth, thrown from the ship Argo. It is 

 evidently of volcanic origin, and is covered with pumice-stone. It was 

 colonized by Lacedcemonians and Minyans of Lemnos, under the Spartau 

 Theras, who gave ids name to the island. 



