[1643] The present Strongolo, according to D’Anville and Mannert.
[1644] The present Monte Monacello and Monte Fuscaldo are supposed to form part of the range called Clibanus.
[1645] Meaning that it was sacred to Castor and Pollux. Such are the changes effected by lapse of time that these two islands are now only bleak rocks. The present locality of the other islands does not appear to be known.
[1646] Now Capo di Colonne.
[1647] The real distance from Acroceraunium, now Capo Linguetta, is 153 miles, according to Ansart.
[1648] Or Crotona, one of the most famous Greek cities in the south of Italy. No ruins of the ancient city, said by Livy to have been twelve miles in circumference, are now remaining. The modern Cotrone occupies a part of its site. Pythagoras taught at this place.
[1649] The modern Neto.
[1650] Now called Turi, between the rivers Crati and Sibari or Roscile.
[1651] A Greek town, famous for the inordinate love of luxury displayed by its inhabitants, whence a voluptuary obtained the name of a “Sybarite.” It was destroyed by the people of Crotona, who turned the waters of the Crathis upon the town. Its site is now occupied by a pestilential swamp.
[1652] A famous Greek city founded on the territory of the former Ionian colony of Siris. The foundations of it may still be seen, it is supposed, near a spot called Policoro, three miles from the sea. The rivers are now called the Sinno and the Agri.