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plikt's natueal histoet, 
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and, at its outlet, Atalante^ The Cyclades and the Sporades 
are bounded on the east by the Asiatic shores of the Icarian 
Sea, on the west by the Attic shores of the Myrtoan Sea, 
on the north by the ^gean, and on the south by the Cretan 
and Carpathian seas, extending 7 00 miles in length, and 200 
in breadth. 
The Grulf of Pagasa^ has in front of it Euthia^, Cicynethus^, 
Scyros, previously mentioned^, and the very furthermost 
of the Cyclades and Sporades, Gerontia and Scandila ^ ; the 
Gulf of Therms'', Irsesia, Solimnia, Eudemia, and JN^ea, which 
last is sacred to Minerva. Athos has before it four islands ; 
Peparethus^, formerly called Evoenus, with a city of that name, 
at a distance from Athos of nine miles ; Sciathus^, at a 
distance of fifteen, and Imbros^^, with a city of the same 
name, at a distance of eighty-eight, miles. This last island 
is distant from Mastusia, in the Chersonesus, twenty-five 
miles ; it is sixty-two miles in circiunference, and is washed 
by the river Ilisus. At a distance of twenty-two miles from 
it is Lemnos^^, being distant from Mount Athos eighty- 
seven; it is 112 miles in circumference, and has the cities 
of Hephsestia and Myrina^^ ; into the market-place of which 
last city Athos throws its shadow at the summer solstice. 
The island of Thasos^^, constituting a free state, is six miles 
1 Now Talanti, giving name to the Channel of Talanti. 
2 The present G-ulf of Volo, mentioned in 0. 15 of the present Book. 
3 Ansart suggests that tliis may possibly be the small island now 
called Agios Nicolaos. 
4 Now Trikeri. 
^ In the present Chapter. 
^ Now Scangero, or Skantzonra, according to Ansart. 
7 Now the G-ulf of Saloniki, mentioned in C. 17. The islands here 
mentioned have apparently not been identified. 
3 Off the coast of Thessaly, now Piperi. 
^ Now Skiathos. It was famous for its wine. 
10 j^ow called Embro, or Imru. Both the island and city of Imbros 
are mentioned by Homer. 
11 This is double the actual circumference of the island. 
^2 Now called Stalimene. 
^2 Its site is now called Palaeo Kastro. Hephsestia, or Yulcan's Town, 
stood near the modern Eapanidi. That god was said to have fallen into 
this island when thrown from heaven by Jupiter. 
1^ Now Thaso, or Tasso. Its gold mines were in early periods very 
valuable. 
