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Sosicrates, who, according to Apollodorus, had an exact knowledge of this island, determines its length (not?)Not in the text of Kramer. Casaubon’s conjecture. to exceed 2300 stadia, and its breadth (about 300),The words of the text are, πλάτει δὲ ὑπὸ τὸ μέγεθος, which Meineke translates, Its width is not in proportion to its length. Kramer says that the preposition ὑπὸ suggests the omission of the words τετοͅκοσίων or τριακοσίων που, and that the words τ. μ. are probably introduced from the margin, and are otherwise inadmissible. so that according to Sosicrates the circuit of the island is not more than 5000 stadia, but Artemidorus makes it 4100. Hieronymus says, that its length is 2000 stadia, and its breadth irregular, and that the circuit would exceed the number of stadia assigned by Artemidorus. Throughout one-third of its length, (beginning from the western parts, the island is of a tolerable width).It is impossible to say what words should fill up the hiatus in the text, but probably something to this effect, ἀπὸ τῶν ἑσπερἰων μερῶν ἀρξαμένις ν̔ νῆσος πλατεῖά ἐστι. Kramer. Groskurd proposes ἡ νῆσος αίθνιδίως στενοχωρεῖ the island suddenly narrows. Then there is an isthmus of about 100 stadia, on the northern shore of which is a settlement, called Amphimalla;On the bay of Armiro. on the southern shore is Phoenix,Castel Franco. Acts of Apostles, xxvii. 12. belonging to the Lampeis.
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The greatest breadth is in the middle of the island.
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Here again the shores approach, and form an isthmus narrower than the former, of about 60 stadia in extent, reckoning from Minoa,Porto Trano. At the bottom of the bay of Mirabel. in the district of the Lyctii,Near Lytto. to Therapytna,Girapetra. and the African sea. The city is on the bay. The shores then terminate in a pointed promontory, the Samonium, looking towards Aegypt and the islands of the Rhodians.By the islands of the Rhodians are meant Caso, Nisari, Scarpanto, etc.
