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and, at its outlet, Atalante^ The Cyclades and tlie Sporades 

 are bounded on the east by the Asiatic shores of the Icarian 

 Sea, on the west by tlie Attic shores of the Myrtoan Sea, 

 on the north by the ^gean, and on the south by the Cretan 

 and Carpathian seas, extending 700 miles in length, and 200 

 in breadth. 



The Gulf of Pagasa^ has in front of it Euthia^, Cicynethus^, 

 Scyros, previously mentioned^, and the very furthermost 

 of the Cyclades and Sporades, Grerontia and Scandila^; the 

 Gulf of Thermie'', Iraesia, Solimnia, Eudemia, and Nea, which 

 last is sacred to Minerva. Athos has before it four islands ; 

 Peparethus^, formerly called Evoenus,with a city of that name, 

 at a distance from Athos of nine miles ; Sciathus^, at a 

 distance of fifteen, and Imbros^", with a city of the same 

 name, at a distance of eighty-eight, miles. This last island 

 is distant from Mastusia, in the Chersonesus, twenty-five 

 miles ; it is sixty-two ^^ miles in circumference, and is washed 

 by the river Ilisus. At a distance of twenty-two miles from 

 it is Lemnos^^, being distant from Mount Athos eighty- 

 seven; it is 112 miles in circumference, and has the cities 

 of Hephaestia and Myrina^^ ; into the market-place of which 

 last city Athos throws its shadow at the summer solstice. 

 The island of Thasos^^, constituting a free state, is six miles 



■ 1 I^ow Talanti, giving name to the Channel of Talanti. 



2 The present Gulf of Volo, mentioned in ,C. 15 of the present Book. 



3 Ansart suggests that this may possibly be the small island now 

 called Agios Nicolaos. 



4 Now Trikeri. 



5 In the present Chapter. 



^ Now Scangero, or Skaiitzoura, accordmg to Ansart. 



7 Now the G-ulf of Saloniki, mentioned in C. 17. The islands here 

 mentioned have apparently not been identified. 



s Off the coast of Thessaly, now Piperi. 



^ Now Skiathos. It was famous for its wine. 



^^ Now called Embro, or Imru. Both the island and city of Imbros 

 are mentioned by Homer. 



11 This is double the actual circumference of the island. 



12 Now called StaUmene. 



1' Its site is now called Palseo Eastro. Hephsestia, or Yulcan's Town, 

 stood near the modern Rapanidi. That god was said to have fallen into 

 this island when tln"own from heaven by Jupiter. 



1^ Now Thaso, or Tasso. Its gold mines were in early periods very 

 valuable. 



