Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . le Tauromenium. The site of Naxos itselfseems to have been never again inhabited; but thealtar and shrine of Apollo Ai-chcgetes continued tomark the spot where it had stood, and are mentioned NAXOS. 405 in the war between Octavian and Sextus Pompey inSicily, B. c. 36. (Appian, B. C. v. 109.) There are no remains of the ancient city nowextant, but the site is clearly marked. It occupieda low but rocky headland, now called the Capo diSchisb, formed by an ancient stream of lava, im-mediately to the N. of the Alcantara, one of themost considerable streams
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . le Tauromenium. The site of Naxos itselfseems to have been never again inhabited; but thealtar and shrine of Apollo Ai-chcgetes continued tomark the spot where it had stood, and are mentioned NAXOS. 405 in the war between Octavian and Sextus Pompey inSicily, B. c. 36. (Appian, B. C. v. 109.) There are no remains of the ancient city nowextant, but the site is clearly marked. It occupieda low but rocky headland, now called the Capo diSchisb, formed by an ancient stream of lava, im-mediately to the N. of the Alcantara, one of themost considerable streams in this part of Sicily. Asmall bay to the N. affords good anchorage, amiseparates it from the foot of the bold and lofty hill,still occupied by the town of Taormina ; but thesituation was not one which enjoyed any peculiarnatural advantages. The coins of Naxos, which are of fine workman-ship, may almost all be referred to the period fromB. c. 460 to B. c. 403, which was probably themost flourishing in the history of the city. [E. II. B.]. COIN OF NAXOS IN SICILY. NAXOS or NAXUS (Na^os, Suid. s. v.), a town ofCrete, according to the Scholiast {ad Find. Isth. ) celebrated for its whetstones. Hock (Kreta,vol. i. p. 417) considers the existence of this city veryproblematical. The islands Crete and Naxos werefamed for their whetstones (Plin. xxxvi. 22; 28), and hence the confusion. In Mr. Pashleysmap the site of Naxos is marked near SpinaLmga. [E. B. J.] NAXOS or NAXUS (Nc{|os: Eth. Nd|<oj: Naxia),the largest and most fertile of the Cyclades, situated inthe middle of the Aegean sea, about halfway betweenthe coasts of Greece and those of Asia Minor. Itlies east of Paros, from which it is separated by achannel about 6 miles wide. It is described by Pliny(iv. 12. s. 22) as 75 Roman miles in is about 19 miles in length, and 15 in breadth inits widest part. It bore several other names in an-cient times. It was called Strongyle {iTpoyyvX-r})from its r
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