. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. fountain of Arethusa ^ gushes out of a cliff, still namedCorax, at the extremity of the island. The port of Phorcys^may be either Dexia on the N. side of the G. of Molo, or Shhinos onthe S. side. The Grotto of the Nymphs is a cave on the side of , and on the summit of the hill of Aetos which forms theisthmus are the ruins of the so-called Castle of Ulysses. Theisland appears to have been divided in ancient as in modern times intofour parts, of which three were named Neium, Croc
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. fountain of Arethusa ^ gushes out of a cliff, still namedCorax, at the extremity of the island. The port of Phorcys^may be either Dexia on the N. side of the G. of Molo, or Shhinos onthe S. side. The Grotto of the Nymphs is a cave on the side of , and on the summit of the hill of Aetos which forms theisthmus are the ruins of the so-called Castle of Ulysses. Theisland appears to have been divided in ancient as in modern times intofour parts, of which three were named Neium, Crocyleium, and ^gireus(the JEgilips of Homer ^), the two latter probably answering to Batliyand Anoge. Zacyntlius lies S. of Cephallenia and about 8 miles from the coast ofPeloponnesus : its lengthis about 23 miles, andits circumference 50. Itwas celebrated for itsfertility, an attributewhich has obtained forit in modern times thetitle of the flower ofthe Levant. The most important hill was Coin of Zacynthus. named Elatus, M. Skopo, and the most remarkal)le natural object are the pitch-wells which. 2 Nateraw 6 lOaKrjv evSeteAov ev B 6p09 avrfjNryptrov, ^IvoaCf^vXXov, apiTrpene?.01 p lOoLK-qv elxoi^ /cat NT^ptrop- eLvocrC({)V?<\ou. Jam medio apparet fluctu nemorosa Zacynthos,Dulichiumque, Sameque, et Neritos ardua scopulos Ithacse, Laertia regna, Et terram altricem sgevi exsecramur Ulixi.—Virg. jE71. ill. 270. 3 Ntjt}? 6e p-ot r)6 eanqKev ctt aypov vocrcbL TroArjo?,El/ \LixevL PeiOpio, viro Nrjto) vk-qevTL 4 *E(rTt 6e rt? vri(TO<; ixecrari aXl Trerpr^ecrcra,Mecra-qyv; lOdKri<; re Sap-Oto re TratTraAoecrcTT]?,Aa-Tepls, ov p,eyaATj- 6 eVi vavkoxot avrfjAp,(^ rfj TOP ye (xivov Aoxocovre? A^aot. 5 at 5e KopaKO? Trerpry, eirC re Kpi^ur] ApeOovar]. ^ ^opKWOS 6e Tts eo-Tt ,Tjv, aAtoto yepovTO?, Afcrat (XTroppcoye?, Atp,eVos TrortTreTrrrjutat. Ot p WaKYiu elxov Koi NT7ptTOV elvoa-i^vWov,Kat Kpo/cuAet eve/utovTO, Kat AtytA-tTra r
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