Greek Texts & Translations

According to Eudoxus, it is situated in the Aegaean sea, but he ought not to have described its situation in that manner, but have said, that it lies between Cyrenaica and the part of Greece comprehended between Sunium and Laconia, ^note extending in length in the direction from west to east, and parallel to these countries; ^note that it is washed on the north by the Aegaean and Cretan seas, and on the south by the African, which joins the Egyptian sea.

The western extremity of the island is near Phalasarna; ^note its breadth is about 200 stadia, and divided into two promontories; of which the southern is called Criu-Metopon, (or Ram's head,) and that on the north, Cimarus. ^note The eastern promontory is Samonium, ^note which does not stretch much further towards the east than Sunium. ^note 3

Sosicrates, who, according to Apollodorus, had an exact knowledge of this island, determines its length (not?) ^note to exceed 2300 stadia, and its breadth (about 300), ^note so that according to Sosicrates the circuit of the island is not more than 5000 stadia, but Artemidorus makes it 4100. Hieronymus