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which was called by the Athenians, when they founded it, 

 Scylletium. This part of Italy is nearly a peninsula, in con- 

 sequence of the Gulf of Terineeum* running up into it on the 

 other side ; in it there is a harbour called Castra Hannibalis* : 

 in no part is Italy narrower than here, it being but twenty 

 miles across. For this reason the Elder Dionysius enter- 

 tained the idea of severing' this portion from the main-land 

 of Italy at this spot, and adding it to Sicily. The navi- 

 gable rivers in this district are the Carcines*, the Crotalus, 

 the Semirus, the Arocas, and the Targines. In the interior 

 is the town of Petilia*, and there are besides, Mount Cli- 

 banus", the promontory of Lacinium, in front of which lies 

 the island of Dioscoron'', ten miles from the main-land, and 

 another called the Isle of Calypso, which Homer is supposed 

 to refer to under the name of Ogvgia ; as also the islands of 

 Tiris, Eranusa, and Meloessa. According to Agrippa, the 

 promontory of Lacinium^ is seventy miles from Caulon. 



(11.) At the promontory of Lacinium begins the second 

 Gulf of Europe, the bend of which forms an arc of great 

 depth, and terminates at Acroceraunium, a promontory of 

 Epirus, from which it is distant' seventy-five miles. We 

 first come to the town of Croton^**, and then the river 



» Now the Gulf of Saint Eufemia. 



2 " Hannibal'8 Camp." This was the seaport of Scyllacivim, and its 

 site was probably near the mouth of the river Corace. 



3 According to Strabo, B. vi., he intended to erect a high waU across, 

 and so divide it from the rest of Italy ; but if we may judge, from the 

 use by Phny of the word " intercisam," it would seem that it was his 

 design to cut a canal across this neck of land. 



■* According to Hardouin, the Carcines is the present river Corace, the 

 Crotalus the AUi, the Semirus the Simari, the Arocas the Crocchio, and 

 the Targines the Tacina. 



» The present Strongolo, according to D'AnviUe and Mannert. 



^ The present Monte Monacello and Monte Euscaldo are supposed 

 to form part of the range called Chbanus. 



7 Meaning that it was sacred to Castor and Pollux. Such are the 

 changes effected by lapse of time that these two islands are now only 

 bleak rocks. The present locaHty of the other islands does not appear 

 to be known. ^ Now Capo di Colonne. 



^ The real distance from Acrocerauniiun, now Capo Linguetta, is 153 

 miles, according to Ansart. 



^^ Or Crotona, one of the most famous Greek cities in the south of 

 Italy. No niins of the ancient city, said by Livy to have been twelve 

 miles in circumference, are now remaining. The modem Cotrone occu- 

 pies a part of its site. Pythagoras taught at this place. 



