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PLIKY's l^ATUEAL HISTOBT. 
[Book lY. 
connesos and the ^gila\ Off the promontory, too, of 
GrersDstus are the Cyclades, lying in a circle around Delos, 
from which circumstance^ they derive their name. The 
first of them is the one called Andros^ with a city of the 
same name, distant from Grersestus ten miles, and from Ceos 
thirty-nine. Myrsilus tells us that this island was at first 
called Cauros, and after that Antandros ; Callimachus calls 
it Lasia, and others again Nonagria, Hydrussa, and Epagris. 
It is ninety-three miles in circumference. At a distance ot 
one mile from Andros and of fifteen from Delos, is Tenos^, 
with a city of the same name ; this island is fifteen miles 
in length. Aristotle says that it was formerly called Hy- 
drussa, from the abundance of water found here, while some 
writers call it Ophiussa^ The other islands are, Myconos^, 
with the mountain of Dimastus^, distant from Delos fifteen^ 
miles ; Siphnus^, formerly called Meropia and Acis, twenty- 
eight miles in circumference ; Seriphus^^, twelve miles in 
circuit ; Prepesinthus^^ ; Cythnos^^ ; and then, by far the most 
famous among the Cyclades, and lying in the very middle 
of them, Delos itself, so famous for its temple of Apollo, 
and its extensive commerce. This island long floated on the 
waves, and, as tradition says, was the only one that had never 
^ Now called Spitilus, and the group of Micronisia, or " Little Islands," 
according to Hardouin. 2 J^rom kvkXo?, " a circle." 
3 Now Andro. It gives name to one of the comedies of Terence. The 
ruins of the ancient city were found by the Grerman traveller Koss, who 
has pubUshed a hymn to Isis, in hexameter verse, which he discovered 
here. It was famous for its wines. 
JSTow Tino. ^ From its abounding m snakes (otpeis) and scorpions. 
^ Now Mycono, south-east of Tenos and east of Delos. It was famous 
in ancient mythology as one of the places where Hercules was said to 
have defeated the Griants. It was also remarkable for the great proportion 
of bald persons among its inhabitants. 
7 So called from its resemblance to two breasts, fiaZoi, 
s Wheeler says that the distance is but three miles ; Toumefort, six. 
^ Once famous for its gold and silver mines, but equally notorious for 
the bad character of its people. It is now called Siphno. 
^0 Now Serpho, lying between Cythnos and Siphnus. 
1^ Now Fermina, according to Hardouin. 
^2 Between Ceos and Seriphiis. It is now called Thermia. Cydias the 
painter, was born here, and it was famous for its cheeses. Its modem 
name is derived from its hot springs, which are much frequented. 
Still called Delos ; and, though so celebrated, notliing more than a 
mere rock, five miles in circumference. 
