CHAP 90.—LANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN SEPARATED BY THE SEA.
In the ordinary course of things islands are also formed by this means. The sea has torn Sicily from Italy[575], Cyprus from Syria, Eubœa from Bœotia[576], Atalante and Macris[577] from Eubœa, Besbycus from Bithynia, and Leucosia from the promontory of the Sirens.