822 PLTinr's itatueal histoet. [Book rv. 



bintliua\ Leros^, Cinara^ ; Sicinus*, formerly called CEnoe* ; 

 Hieracia, also called Onus ; Casos^ likewise called Astrabe ; 

 Cimolus^, or Echinussa ; and Melos^, with a city of that name, 

 which island Aristides calls Memblis, Aristotle Zephyria,Cal- 

 limachus Mimallis, Heraclides Siphis and Acytos. This last 

 is the most circular'* in form of all these islands. After this 

 comes Machia, then Hypere, formerly Patage, or, as others 

 haA'e it, Platage, but now called Amorgos^", Polyaegos", 

 Phyle, and Thera*", known as Calliste when it first sprang 

 from the waves. Prom this, at a later period, the island of 



^ One of the Sporades, now Lebitha. 



2 Now Lero. Its inhabitants were of Milesian origin, and of indif- 

 ferent character. In its temple of Artemis, the sisters of Meleager were 

 said to have been changed into guinea-fowls. It was opposite the coast 

 of Caria. 



3 Now Zinari, N.E. of Amorgos. The artichoke (called xivapa in 

 Greek) is said to have given name to it. 



^ Now Sikino ; between Pholegandros and los. 



* So called, according to Stephanus, fi*om its cultivation of the vine 

 and produce of wine, olvos. It was situate between Pholegandros and los. 

 It was said to have had the name of Sicinus from a son of Thoas and 

 CEnoe. Hieracia seems to be unknown. 



s Still known by that name, and lying between Carpathus and Crete. 

 The ruins of the ancient town of Casos are still to be seen at the village 

 of Polin. It is mentioned by Homer. 



7 Now Kimoli, one of the Cyclades, between Siphnos and Melos. It 

 took its name of Echinussa from the * Ecliinus,' or Sea-urcliin, of which 

 various fossil specimens are still found on the coast ; but nowhere else in 

 these islands, except the opposite coast of Melos. There are considerable 

 ruins of its ancient town. 



8 Now Milo, the most westerly of the Cyclades. It is remarkable for 

 its extreme fertility. Its town, wliich, according to most authorities, 

 was called BybUs, was situate on the north of the island. 



^ Ansart remarks, that our author is miotaken in this assertion, for 

 not only are many others of these islands more circular in form, but 

 even that of Kimolo, which stands next to it. 



1" Now Amorgo, S.E. of Naxos. It was the birth-place of the Iambic 

 poet Sinionides. It is noted for its fertility. Under the Roman em- 

 perors, it was used as a place of banishment. 



^^ Now Polybos, or Antimelos-, an xminhabited island near Melos. 

 Phyle seems not to have been identified. 



^2 Now Santorin, south of the island of los. The tradition was, that 

 it was formed from a clod of earth, tlirown from the ship Argo. It is 

 evidently of volcanic origin, and is covered with pumice-stone. It was 

 colonized by Lacedaemonians and Minyans of Lemnos, under the Spartan 

 Theras, who gave his name to the island. 



