. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . of theirreputed high antiquity; but whether they are to beascribed to the Phoenicians or to the native in-habitants of the island, is a point on which it is verydifficult to form an opinion. They are fully described by De la Marmora in his Voyage en Sar-daigne, vol. ii. (from which work the annexed figureis taken), and more briefly by Capt. Smyth (Sar-dinia, pp. 4—7) and Valery (Toy. en Sardaigiw).The work of De la .Marmora, above cited, containsa most complete and accurate account of all theantiquities of Sardinia, as well as the natural his-tory, p
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . of theirreputed high antiquity; but whether they are to beascribed to the Phoenicians or to the native in-habitants of the island, is a point on which it is verydifficult to form an opinion. They are fully described by De la Marmora in his Voyage en Sar-daigne, vol. ii. (from which work the annexed figureis taken), and more briefly by Capt. Smyth (Sar-dinia, pp. 4—7) and Valery (Toy. en Sardaigiw).The work of De la .Marmora, above cited, containsa most complete and accurate account of all theantiquities of Sardinia, as well as the natural his-tory, physical geography, and present state of theisland. Its authority has been generally followedthroughout the preceding article, in the determina-tion of ancient names and localities. The works ofCaptain Smyth (Present State of Sardinia. 8vo. Lon-don, 1828), Valery ( Vogageen Corse et en Sardaigne,2 vols. 8vo. Taris, 1838), and Tyndale (Island ,,fSardinia, 3 vols. 8vo. London, 1849), though of muchinterest, are of inferior value. [E. H. B.]. »T.;RA(.HL IN SAUDIMA. 8n 914 SARDONES. SARDONES. [Sordones.] SARDONYX (^), a mountain or chainof mountains in Hiiidiistan, noticed by Ptolemy ( §§ 20 and 65). It would seem to have been partof the range now known by the name of the VindhyaMountains. Lassen, in his map, has identified themwith tlie Pdgapippali Mountains on the right bankof the Narmada (Nerbudda), and Forbiger hassupposed them to be the Sdtpura Mountains, a con-tinuation of the same chain. [V.] SARDOUM or SARDOXIUM MARE (to 2op-Stfiov ir4\ayos, Strab., Pol., but Tb 2ap5oVlov iriXa-yos, Herod, i. 166), was the name given by theancients to the part of the Mediterranean sea ad-joining the island of Sardinia on the W. and all similar appellations it was used with con-siderable vagueness and laxity; there being no na-tural limit to separate it from the other parts of theMediterranean. Eratosthenes seems to have appliedthe name to the whole of the sea westwa
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