[530] Il. ii. 744.
[531] Groskurd suggests the insertion here of Messembria or Odessus. Kramer is inclined to adopt the latter.
[532] Il. ii. 748.
[533] Or Pelasgiotis. Groskurd.
[534] Il. ii. 754.
[535] Il. ii. 756.
[536] Il. xiii. 301.
[537] In the middle ages Eubœa was called Egripo, a corruption of Euripus, the name of the town built upon the ruins of Chalcis. The Venetians, who obtained possession of the island upon the dismemberment of the Byzantine empire by the Latins, called it Negropont, probably a corruption of Egripo and Ponte, a bridge. Smith.
[538] This expression is obscure; probably it may mean that Eubœa is not equal in length to the coast comprehended between Sunium and the southern limits of Thessaly.
[539] C. Lithada. The mountain Lithada above the cape, rises to the height of 2837 feet above the sea.