VOYAGE FROM ODESSA, 
Achilles ; such as vases, rings, and costly stones. 
Inscriptions are also read there, in the Greek 
and Latin language, in different metres, in 
honour of Achilles and Patroclus ; for Patroclus 
is there worshipped as well as Achilles. A 
number also of aquatic birds are seen ; such as 
the larus, the diver, and the sea-quail. These 
birds alone have the care of the temple. Every 
morning they repair to the sea, wet their 
wings, and sprinkle the temple ; afterwards 
sweeping with their plumage its sacred pave- 
ment.” A further account of the superstitions 
respecting the island is then added by the 
author, who relates, that Achilles and Patroclus 
appear in dreams to those who approach it, 
and tell them where to land ; “ all of which,” 
says Arrian, “ appears to me to be very worthy 
of credit.” Many other authors, although of 
less note, contribute by their descriptions 
to the celebrity of this remarkable island. 
Philostralus 1 affords its dimensions, stating that 
it is thirty stadia, or three miles and three 
quarters, in length ; and four stadia, or half 
a mile, wide : this account corresponds with 
its appearance, from the distance at which it 
was visible to us. It is further mentioned 
by Pausanias *, and by Ammianus Marcel linns 3 . 
(1) Philostralus tn IJero’icis. (2) Pausan- in Laconicis, 
(>i) Ammian • Murccll. bil. xxii. c. S. 
