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The island is mountainous and woody, but has fertile valleys.
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The mountains towards the west are called Leuca, or the White Mountains,Aspra-vuna, or Sfakia. not inferior in height to the Taygetum,Mt. Penta-Dactylon in the Morea. and extending in length about 300 stadia. They form a ridge, which terminates at the narrow parts (the isthmus). In the middle of the island, in the widest part, is (Ida),Psiloriti. the highest of the mountains there. Its compass is about 600 stadia. It is surrounded by the principal cities. There are other mountains equal in height to the White Mountains, some of which terminate on the south, others towards the east.
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From the CyrenaeanFrom what point in the Cyrenaiïca is not said. From b. viii. c. iii. § 1, it would appear to be Phycus, (Ras al Sem,) but from b. xvii. c. iii. § 20, it would seem to be Apollonias, (Marsa-susa,) the maritime arsenal of the Cyrenaeans, situated at about 170 stadia to the east of Phycus, and 80 stadia to the west of Cyrene. territory to Criu-metoponC. Crio is a voyage of two days and nights. From Cimarus [to Malea] are 700 stadia.Of 700 stadia to a degree. Gossellin. In the midway is Cythera.Cerigo. From the promontory SamoniumThe distance from Samonium (Cape Salamone) to Alexandria, in a straight line, is about 5500 stadia of 111 1/9 to the degree. Gossellin. to Aegypt a ship sails in four days and nights, but, according to other writers, in three. Some say that it is a voyage of 5000 stadia; others, of still less than this. According to Eratosthenes, the distance from Cyrenaica to Criu-Metopon is 2000 stadia, and thence to Peloponnesus less than [1000].Gossellin’s conjecture, for the number is wanting in the text.
