[4238] Few, if any, of these islets can now be recognized. Sepiussa was probably so called from the abundance of the sepia, or cuttle-fish, there.
[4239] Over against the isle of Samos.
[4241] Near the city of Miletus.
[4242] So called from their resemblance to camels.
[4243] Lying before the Promontory of Trogilium, mentioned in C. [31].
[4244] Augustus gave their liberty to the Samians. The island is still called by the Greeks Samo, and by the Turks Susam Adassi.
[4245] The “Virgin’s Island,” if so called after Juno, as some say; but according to Strabo, it received its name from the river Parthenius.
[4246] From its numerous oaks.
[4247] From the abundance of its flowers.