[2113] Now the island of Santa Maura. It was originally a peninsula, and Homer speaks of it as such; but the Corinthians cut a canal through the isthmus and converted it into an island. After the canal had been choked up for some time with sand, the Romans reopened it. It is at present dry in some parts.
[2114] Probably from its town Nericus, mentioned by Homer.
[2115] From the Greek word διορυκτὸς, a “foss” or “trench.”
[2116] It probably had this name from the circumstance of the inhabitants of Nericus being removed thither by the Corinthians under Cypselus. The remains of Leucas, which was ravaged by the Romans B.C. 197, are still to be seen.
[2117] Its remains are still to be seen in the valley of Kandili, south of Vonitza.
[2118] Pouqueville says that very extensive and perfect ruins of this place are to be seen near the village of Lepenou.
[2119] This famous city was deserted on the foundation of Nicopolis by Augustus. The place of its site has been a subject of much dispute, but it is considered most probable that Leake has rightly suggested that the ruins in the plain of Vlikha, at the village of Neokhori, are those of this city.
[2120] Now the Aspropotamo.
[2121] One of the group of the Echinades; small islands off the coast of Acarnania, which are mentioned by Pliny, in C. [19] of the present Book. It is now quite united to the mainland.
[2122] Pouqueville says that Athamania occupied the localities now known as Djoumerca and Radovitch. It properly belonged to Epirus, and Pliny makes a mistake in considering it as a part of Ætolia.