Book 10
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The island had the name not of Macris only, but of Abantis also. The poet in speaking of Euboea never calls the inhabitants from the name of the island, Euboeans, but always Abantes; they who possessed Euboea, the resolute Abantes;Il. ii. 536,542. in his train Abantes were following. Aristotle says that Thracians, taking their departure from Aba, the Phocian city, settled with the other inhabitants in the island, and gave the name of Abantes to those who already occupied it; other writers say that they had their name from a hero,From Abas, great grandson of Erectheus. as that of Euboea was derived from a heroine.From Euboea, daughter of the river Asopus and mistress of Neptune But perhaps as a certain cave on the sea-coast fronting the Aegean Sea is called Boos-Aule, (or the Cow’s Stall.) where lo is said to have brought forth Epaphus, so the island may have had the name EuboeaFrom εὕ well, and βοῦς, a cow. The ancient coins of the island bear the head of an ox. on this account.
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It was also called Oché, which is the name of one of the largest mountainsMount St. Elias, 4748 feet above the level of the sea. Bochart derives the name from an eastern word signifying narrow. there.
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It had the name of Ellopia, from Ellops, the son of Ion; according to others, he was the brother of Aeclus, and Cothus, who is said to have founded Ellopia,At the base of Ploko Vuno. a small place situated in the district called Oria of the Histiaeotis, near the mountain Telethrius.Mount Galzades, celebrated for producing medicinal plants. Theophrastus, Hist. Plant. b. ix. c. 15 and 20. He also possessed Histiaea, Perias, Cerinthus, Aedepsus,Dipso, according to Kiepert. and Orobie, where was an oracle very free from deception. There also was an oracle of Apollo Selinuntius.
