Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, BOOK V. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED., CHAP. 37.

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CHAP. 37.—SAMOS.

The coast of Ionia has the islands of Trageæ, Corseæ¹, and Icaros, which has been previously² mentioned; Lade³, formerly called Late; and, among others of no note, the two Camelidæ⁴, in the vicinity of Miletus; and the three Trogiliæ⁵, near Mycale, consisting of Philion, Argennon, and Sandalion. There is Samos also, a free⁶ island, eighty-seven miles in circumference, or, according to Isidorus, 100. Aristotle tells us, that it was at first called Parthenia⁷, after that Dryussa⁸, and then Anthemussa⁹. To these names Aristocritus has added Melamphllus¹⁰ and Cyparissia¹¹: other writers, again, call it Parthenoarussa¹² and Stephane¹³. The rivers of tis island are the Imbrasus, the Chesius, and the Ibettes. There are also the fountains of Gigartho and Leucothea; and Mount Cercetius. In the vicinity of Samos are the islands of Rhypara, Nymphæa, and Achillea.

1 Over against the isle of Samos.

2 B. iv. c. 23.

3 Near the city of Miletus.

4 So called from their resemblance to camels.

5 Lying before the Promontory of Trogilium, mentioned in C. 31.

6 Augustus gave their liberty to the Samians. The island is still called by the Greeks Samo, and by the Turks Susam Adassi.

7 The "Virgin's Island," if so called after Juno, as some say; but according to Strabo, it received its name from the river Parthenius.

8 From its numerous oaks.

9 From the abundance of its flowers.

10 "Of dark," or "black foliage;" in allusion probably to its cypresses.

11 "Cypress-bearing."

12 This is note improbably a compound, formed by a mistake of the copyists, of the two names, Parthenia and Aryusa, mentioned by Heraclides.

13 "The Crown." This island was the birth-place of Pythagoras.

The Natural History. Pliny the Elder. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855.

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Cross-references to this page (7):
- Harper's, Pordoselēné
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ALABASTRA
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), I´MBRASUS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), LADE
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), MYONNE´SUS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), NYMPHAEA
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), SAMOS
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- Lewis & Short, Alasi
- Lewis & Short, Bubeium

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CHAP. 37.—SAMOS.

Pliny the Elder, The Natural History
John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Ed.