Book 10
2.15
Cephallenia lies opposite Acarnania, at a distance of about fifty stadia from Leucatas (some say forty), and about one hundred and eighty from Chelonatas. It has a perimeter of about three hundredSee critical note. stadia, is long, extending towards Eurus, i.e., towards the direction of winter sunrise (rather southeast) as explained by Poseidonius (see discussion in 1. 2. 21. and is mountainous. The largest mountain upon it is Aenus, whereon is the temple of Zeus Aenesius; and where the island is narrowest it forms an isthmus so low-lying that it is often submerged from sea to sea. Both Paleis and Crannii are on the gulf near the narrows.
2.16
Between Ithaca and Cephallenia is the small island Asteria (the poet calls it Asteris), which the ScepsianDemetrius of Scepsis. says no longer remains such as the poet describes it,but in it are harbors safe for anchorage with entrances on either side;Hom. Od. 4.846Apollodorus, however, says that it still remains so to this day, and mentions a town Alalcomenae upon it, situated on the isthmus itself.
