[4248] “Of dark,” or “black foliage;” in allusion probably to its cypresses.
[4249] “Cypress-bearing.”
[4250] This is not improbably a compound, formed by a mistake of the copyists, of the two names, Parthenia and Aryusa, mentioned by Heraclides.
[4251] “The Crown.” This island was the birth-place of Pythagoras.
[4252] Now known as Khio, Scio, Saka Adassi, or Saksadasi. Chios was declared free by the Dictator Sulla.
[4253] Χιὼν, gen. Χιόνος.
[4254] Macris, from its length, and Pityusa, from its pine-trees.
[4255] Dalechamps says 112 is the correct measurement.
[4256] Mentioned in C. [31] of the present Book.
[4257] Meaning “green and flourishing.”