PLINY: NATURAL HISTORY 



est, cadem autem a Piraeeo Atheniensium portu xx 

 abcst, ante Oenone vocitata. Spiraeo promunturio 

 obiacent Eleusa, Adendros, Craugiae duae, Caeciac 

 duae, Selacosa ; et a Cenchreis ^ Aspis vn et in 

 Megarico sinu Methurides iv, Aegila autem xv a 

 Cythera, eademque a Cretae Phalasarna oppido xxv. 



58 Ipsa Creta altero latere ad austrum altero ad 

 septentrioncm vcrsa inter ortum occasumque porri- 

 gitur, centum urbium clara fama. Dosiades eam a 

 Crete nympha, Hesperidis filia, Anaximander a 

 rege Curetum, Phihstides Mallotes et Crates pri- 

 mum Aeriam dictam, deinde postea Curetim, et 

 Macaron nonnulh a temperie caeh appellatam 

 existimavere. latitudine nusquam l excedens et 

 circa mediam sui partem maxime patens longitudinc 

 implet ccLxx, circuitu dlxxxix, flectensque se in 

 Crcticum pclagus ab ea dictum qua longissima cst ad 

 orientem promunturium .Samonium adversum Rhodo, 

 ad occidcntem Criumctopon Cyrenas versus expeUit. 



51» Oppida eius insignia Phalasarna, Elaea, Cisamon, 

 Pergamum, Cvdonea, Minoium, Apteron, Pantoma- 

 trium, Amphomala, Rhithymna, Panhormum, Cytae- 

 um, Apollonia, Matium, Heraclea, Miletos, Ampelos, 

 Hierapytna, Lebena, Hicrapohs, et in mediterraneo 

 Gortyna, Phaestum, Gnosus, Polyrrhenum, .Myrina, 

 Lycastos, Rhamnus, Lyctos, Diimi, Asium, Pyloros, 

 Rhytion, Elatos, Pherae, Holopyxos, Lasos, Elcu- 

 thernae, Therapnae, Marathusa, Gytisos, et ahorum 



' Mayhoff: Selacosa, Dacenchrus. 



• Probably Cape San Sidero, not Cape Salomon, in spite of 

 tbe name. 

 ' The Greek name survivca in the modem Capo Crio. 

 ' The modem Canca. 

 ' The aite is now occupied by Candia. 



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