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PLTIfT'S NATUEAL HISTOET. [Book IV. 
bintlius\ Leros^, Cinara^ ; Sicinus^, formerly called (Enoe^ ; 
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 
have 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 (caUed Kivapa in 
Grreek) is said to have given name to it. 
^ Now Sikino ; between Pholegandros and los. 
^ So called, according to Stephanus, from its cultivation of the vine 
and produce of wine, olvos. It was situate betAveen 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. 
^ 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 Pohn. It is mentioned by Homer. 
7 Now Kimoli, one of the Cyclades, between Siphnos and Melos. It 
took its name of Echinussa from the ' Echinus,' or Sea-urchin, 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. 
^ Now Milo, the most westerly of the Cyclades. It is remarkable for 
its extreme fertility. Its town, which, according to most authorities, 
was called Bybhs, was situate on the north of the island. 
3 Ansart remarks, that our author is mistaken 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 Simonides. It is noted for its fertility. Under the Eoman em- 
perors, it was used as a place of banishment. 
Now Polybos, or Antimelos, an uninhabited 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, throvm 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. 
