484 PLINT's NATURAL HISTOKT. [Book V. 



surrounding sea ; Casos\ formerly known as Aclme^ ; Ni- 

 S}TOS^, twelve miles distant from Cnidos, and formerly 

 called Porphyris"* ; and, in the same vicinity, midway between 

 libodes and Cnidos, Syme^. This island is thirty-seven miles 

 and a half in circumference, and welcomes us with eight fine 

 harbours. Besides these islands, there are, in the vicinity 

 of Ehodes, those of Cyclopis, Teganon, Cordylussa^, the 

 four islands called Diabetse^, Hymos, Chalce^, with its city 

 of that name, Seutlussa^, Nartliecussa^", Dimastos, Progne ; 

 and, off Cnidos, Cisserussa, Therionarce, and Calydne^^ with 

 the three towns of Notium, Nisyros, and Mendeterus. In 

 Arconnesus'^ there is the town of Ceramus. Off the coast 

 of Caria, there are the islands known as the Argise, twenty 

 in number ; also Hyetussa^^, Lepsia, and Leros. 



The most noted island, however, in this gulf is that of 

 Cos^^, fifteen miles distant from Halicarnassus, and 100 in 

 circumference, according to tlie opinion of many writers. 

 It was formerly called Merope ; according to Staphylus, Cea ; 



* Mentioned by Homer, II. ii. 676, See also B. iv. c. 23 of the present 

 work. It is described by Boss as a single ridge of mountaias, of con- 

 siderable height. 2 Signifying " sea-foam." 



3 StiU known as Nicero. 



* From its production of the ' murex,' or ' pm'ple.' 



5 Now called Symi, a small island off the south-west coast of Caria, 

 at the mouth of the Gulf of Doris, to the west of the Promontory of 

 Cynossema. 



^ Now called the Island of St. Catherine, according to Ansart. 



7 Stephanus Byzantinus mentions these islands as lying in the vicinity 

 at Syme. Perhaps they are the group lying to the south of it, now 

 called Siskle. 



^ Distant about fifty miles from Carpathus, or Skarpanto. It was 

 probably subject to Rhodes, in the vicinity of which it was situate. Its 

 present name is Chalki. 



'■^ An island, according to Hardouin, not far from HaHcarnassus, on 

 the coast of Ionia. 



^'^ So called from its productiveness of the vdp9r]^, or ferula. 



^^ More probably Calydnse, because there were several islands forming 

 the group, of which Calymna was the chief. See B. iv. c. 23, where 

 Pliny mentions only one towai, that of Coos. There are some remains 

 of th3 ancient towns still to be seen. 



'2 A small island of Caria, south of Halicarnassus. It is now called 

 Orak-Ada. 



^^ Probably so called from the almost continual rains there. 



^* Now called Stanko, or Stancliio, a corruption of es tuv Kw, 



