lumbaria, and Venaria. "We then come to Ilva[1] with its iron mines, an island 100 miles in circumference, 10 miles distant from Populonimn, and called Æthalia by the Grreeks : from it the island of Planasia[2] is distant 28 miles. After these, beyond the mouths of the Tiber, and off the coast of Antium, we come to Astura[3], then Palmaria and Sinonia, and, opposite to Pormiae, Pontise. In the Grulf of Puteoli are Pandateria[4], and Prochyta, so called, not from the nurse of Æneas, but because it has been poured forth[5] or detached from Ænaria[6], an island which received its name from having been the anchorage of the fleet of Æneas, though called by Homer Inarime[7]; it is also called Pithecusa, not, as many have fancied, on account of the multitudes of apes fornid there, but from its extensive manufactories of pottery. Between Pausilipum[8] and Neapolis lies the island of Megaris[9], and then, at a distance of eight miles from Surrentum, Capreae[10], famous for the castle of the emperor Tiberius: it is eleven miles in circumference.
- ↑ The modern Elba.
- ↑ Now Pianosa.
- ↑ Astura still retains its ancient name, Palmaria is the present Palmarola, Sinonia is now Senone, and Pontise is the modem Isola di Ponza.
- ↑ Now Yentotiene.
- ↑ Deriving its name from the Greek word (
Greek characters), meaning "poured forth."
- ↑ The present island of Ischia, off the coasts of Campania. The name of Pithecusæ appears to have been given by the Grreeks to the two islands of Ænaria and Prochyta collectively.
- ↑ Ovid, like many other writers, mentions Inarime as though a different
island from Pithecusæ. See Met, B. xiv. 1. 89. As is here mentioned by
Pliny, many persons derived the name " Pithecusse " from (Greek characters) "an
ape," and, according to Strabo, "Aremus" was the Etriuian name for an ape. Ovid, in the Metamorphoses, loc. cit., confirms this tradition by relating the change of the natives into apes. The solution of its name given by Pliny appears however extremely probable, that it gained its name from its manufacture of (Greek characters), or earthen vessels. Virgil is supposed to have corned the name of " Inarime."
- ↑ Now Posilippo. It is said to have derived its name from the Greek (Greek characters), as tending to drive away care by the beauty of its situation. Virgil was buried in its vicinity.
- ↑ The modem Castel del' Ovo.
- ↑ Now Capri, Here Tiberius established his den of lustfulness and iniquity. He erected twelve villas in the island, the remains of several of which are still to be seen.
