214 pliny's nattteal histobt. [Book III. 



lumbaria, and Yenaria. "We then come to Ilva^ with its iron 

 mines, an island 100 miles in circumference, 10 miles distant 

 from Populonium, and called ^thalia by the Grreeks : from 

 it the island of Planasia^ is distant 28 miles. After these, 

 beyond the mouths of the Tiber, and off the coast of Antium, 

 we come to Astura^, then Palmaria and Sinonia, and, oppo- 

 site to PormiaB, Pontise. In the Gulf of Puteoli are Panda- 

 teria"*, and Prochyta, so called, not from the nurse of 

 ^neas, but because it has been poured forth^ or detached 

 from ^naria^, an island which received its name from hav- 

 ing been the anchorage of the fleet of ^Eneas, though called 

 by Homer Inarime^; it is also called Pithecusa, not, as 

 many have fancied, on account of the multitudes of apes 

 found there, but from its extensive manufactories of pottery. 

 Between Pausilipum^ and Neapolis lies the island of Me- 

 garis®, and then, at a distance of eight miles from Surrentum, 

 CapresB*", famous for the castle of the emperor Tiberiua : it 

 is eleven miles in circumference. 



* The modem Elba. 2 jj^ow Pianosa. 



' Astiira still retains its ancient name, Palmaria is the present Pal- 

 marola, Sinonia is now Senone, and Pontise is the modem Isola di Ponza. 

 ■* Now Ventotiene. 



* Deriving its name from the Greek word Trpoxvros, meaning " poured 

 forth." 



^ The present island of Ischia, off the coasts of Campania. The name 

 of Pithecusee appears to have been given by the Greeks to the two islands 

 of ^naria and Prochyta collectively. 



7 Ovid, like many other wTiters, mentions Inarime as though a different 

 island from Pithecusse. See Met. B. xiv. 1. 89. As is here mentioned by 

 Pliny, many persons derived the name " Pithecusae " from iriOijKos " an 

 ape," and, according to Strabo, " Aremus " was the Etrurian name for an 

 ape. Ovid, in the Metamorphoses, loc. cif., confirms this tradition by 

 relating the change of the natives into apes. The solution of its name 

 given by Pliny appears however extremely probable, that it gained its 

 name from its manufacture of 7n9r}Kd, or earthen vessels. Yirgil is sup- 

 posed to have corned the name of " Inarime." 



^ Now Posilippo. It is said to have derived its name from the Greek 

 •jravffiXvjrov, as tending to drive away care by the beauty of its situation. 

 Virgil was buried in its vicinity. 



^ The modem Castel del' Ovo. 



*° Now Capri. Here Tiberius established his den of lustfulness and 

 iniquity. He erected twelve villas in the island, the remains of several . 

 of which are still to be seen. 



