PLINY: NATURAL HISTORY 



ab Issa Corcyra Melaena cognominata cum Cni- 

 diomm oppido distat .vxv, inter quam et IUyricum 

 Melite, unde catulos Melitaeos appellari Callima- 

 chus auctor est. xv ab ea vii Elaphites. in lonio 

 autem mari ab Orico xh ^ p. Sasonis piratica statione 

 nota. 



> Brolier: M.M. 



• Now Curzola or Karkas ; the Greek name ' Black Corcyra ' 

 is due to its pine forests. 



* More usuaiiy derived from the better-known Mehte, Malta. 



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