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lumbaria, and Yenaria. "We tlien come to Ilva^ with its iron 
mines, an island 100 miles in circumference, 10 miles distant 
from Populonium, and called ^thalia by the Greeks : 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 Pormise, PontisB. 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 ^neas, 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, 
Caprese^*^, famous for the castle of the emperor Tiberius : it 
is eleven miles in circumference. 
^ The modern Elba. ^ Now Pianosa. 
3 Astura still retains its ancient name, PaLmaria is the present Pal- 
marola, Sinonia is now Senone, and Pontise is the modern Isola di Ponza. 
'* Now Yentotiene. 
* Deriving its name from the Grreek word TrpoxvTos, meaning " poured 
forth." 
^ The present island of Ischia, off the coasts of Campania. The name 
of Pithecusae appears to have been given by the Grreeks to the two islands 
of -^naria and Prochyta collectively. 
7 Ovid, like many other writers, mentions Inarime as though a different 
island from Pithecusae. See Met., B. xiv. 1. 89. As is here mentioned by 
Pliny, many persons derived the name " Pithecusse " from TriOrjKos " an 
ape," and, according to Strabo, " Aremus " was the Etrurian name for an 
ape. Ovid, in the Metamorphoses, loc. cit., 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 TrtOrjicd, or earthen vessels. Yirgil is sup- 
posed to have coined the name of " Inarime." 
^ Now Posilippo. It is said to have derived its name from the G-reek 
iravG-ikvnrov^ as tending to drive away care by the beauty of its situation. 
Virgil was bm"ied in its vicinity. 
^ The modem Oastel del' Ovo. 
Now Capri. Here Tiberius established his den of lustfulness and 
iniquity. He erected twelve viUas in the island, the remains of several 
of which are still to be seen. 
