[4208] Still known as Lindo and Camiro, according to D’Anville.
[4209] One of the three ancient Doric cities of Rhodes. It lay three-quarters of a mile to the south-west of the city of Rhodes, with which Pliny seems here to confound it. Its site is occupied by a village which still bears the name of Ialiso, and where a few ancient remains are to be found.
[4210] From its productiveness of serpents.
[4211] Either from Asterius, its former king, or from its being a “constellation” of the sea.
[4212] Probably because of the clearness and serenity of its atmosphere. See B. ii. c. [62].
[4213] From its three-cornered shape.
[4214] Perhaps so called from its fruitfulness in ivy, in Greek κορυμβήθρα, or else from κόρυμβος, “a summit,” from its elevated position.
[4215] From its verdant and grassy soil.
[4216] Either from King Atabyrius, or the mountain Atabyrion; or else from the temple of Jupiter Tabyrius, which Appian speaks of as situate in this island.
[4217] The “fortunate,” or “blessed” island.