[159] The form thus given to the Gulf of Hermione bears no resemblance to modern maps.
[160] Pausanias calls it Epidelium, now S. Angelo.
[161] The ruins are a little to the north of Monembasia, Malvasia, or Nauplia de Malvasia.
[162] Cerigo.
[163] The ruins are on the bay of Rheontas.
[164] Toniki, or Agenitzi.
[165] Napoli di Romagna. Nauplius, to avenge the death of his son Palamedes, was the cause of many Greeks perishing on their return from Troy at Cape Caphareus in Eubœa, famous for its dangerous rocks. The modern Greeks give to this promontory the name of Ξυλοφάγος, (Xylophagos,) or devourer of vessels. Italian navigators call it Capo d’Oro, which in spite of its apparent signification, Golden Cape, is probably a transformation of the Greek word Caphareus.
[166] Strabo confounds Nauplius, son of Clytoreus, and father of Palamedes, with Nauplius, son of Neptune and Amymone, and one of the ancestors of Palamedes.
[167] Fornos.
[168] Castri.