[668] On the contrary, the distance in a right line from Cape Tenarum, off the Peloponnesus, to the recess of the Adriatic Gulf, is only about half the distance from the Peloponnesus to the Pillars of Hercules. This mistake of Dicæarchus is a proof of the very slight acquaintance the Greeks could have had with the western portions of the Mediterranean in his time, about 320 years before the Christian era.
[669] Literally, “He assigns 3000 to the interval which stretches towards the Pillars as far as the Strait, and 7000 from the Strait to the Pillars.” The distance from Cape Tenarum to the Strait of Messina is in proportion to the distance from the Strait of Messina to Gibraltar, about 3 to 10, not 3 to 7, as given by Dicæarchus.
[670] That part of the Mediterranean which lies on the coast of Italy, from the mouth of the Arno to Naples.
[671] The sea which washes the western coast of Sardinia.
[672] Viz. from the Peloponnesus to the Pillars of Hercules.
[673] Santa Maura, an island in the Ionian Sea.
[674] Corfu.
[675] The mountains of Chimera, forming the Cape della Linguetta on the coast of Albania.
[676] The maritime portion of Liburnia, comprised between the coasts of Dalmatia and Istria. It is now comprehended in the district of Murlaka.
[677] In all 8250 stadia.