Greek Texts & Translations

Sea of Sicily is said to be 4500 stadia from Pachynus to Crete, and the same distance to Taenarus in Laconia. ^note From the extremities of Iapygia to the bottom of the Gulf of Corinth the distance is less than 3000 stadia, while from Iapygia to Libya it is more than 4000. In this sea are the Islands of Corcyra ^note and Sybota, ^note opposite the coasts of Epirus; and beyond these, opposite the Gulf of Corinth, Cephallenia, ^note Ithaca, Zacynth, ^note and the Echinades. ^note 21

Next to the Sea of Sicily, are the Cretan, Saronic, ^note and Myrtoan Seas, comprised between Crete, Argia, ^note and Attica. ^note Their greatest breadth, measured from Attica, is 1200 stadia, and their length not quite double the distance. Within are included the Islands of Cythera, ^note Calauria, ^note Aegina, ^note Salamis, ^note and certain of the Cyclades. ^note Adjacent to these are the Aegaean Sea, ^note the Gulf of Melas, ^note the Hellespont, ^note the Icarian and Carpathian Seas, ^note as far as Rhodes, Crete, Cnidus, and the commencement of Asia. [In these seas] are the Cyclades, the Sporades, and the islands opposite Caria, Ionia, and Aeolia, as far as the Troad, namely, Cos, ^note Samos, ^note Chios, ^note Lesbos, ^note and Tenedos; ^note likewise on the Grecian side as far as Macedonia and the borders of Thrace, Euboea, ^note Scyros, ^note Peparethus, ^note Lemnos, ^note Thasos, ^note Imbros, ^note Samothracia, ^note and numerous others, of which it is our intention to speak in detail. The length of this sea is about 4000 stadia, or rather