Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 13.2.5

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[5] Near the strait situated between Asia and Lesbos there are about twenty small islands, or, according to Timosthenes, forty. They are called Hecatonnesoi,¹ a compound name like Peloponnesus, the letter N being repeated by custom in such words as Myonnesus, Proconnesus, Halonnesus, so that Hecatonnesoi is of the same import as Apollonnesoi, since Apollo is called Hecatus;² for along the whole of this coast, as far as Tenedos, Apollo is held in the highest veneration, and worshipped under the names of Smintheus, Cillaeus, Gryneus, or other appellations.

Near these islands is Pordoselene, which contains a city of the same name, and in front of this city is another island³ larger than this, and a city of the same name, uninhabited, in which there is a temple of Apollo.

Geography. Strabo. Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator). London. 1854-1857.

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Geography (English) (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 1-3. Hamilton, Hans Claude, translator; Falconer, William, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854-1857.)

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Γεωγραφικά Perseus (Strabo. Strabonis Geographica, Vols. 1-3. Meineke, August, editor. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.) — 13.2.5 focus

[5] κατὰ δὲ τὸν πορθμὸν τὸν μεταξὺ τῆς Ἀσίας καὶ τῆς Λέσβου νησία ἐστὶ περὶ εἴκοσιν, ὡς δὲ Τιμοσθένης φησί, τετταράκοντα· καλοῦνται δʼ Ἑκατόννησοι συνθέτως, ὡς Πελοπόννησος, κατὰ ἔθος τι τοῦ ν γράμματος πλεονάζοντος ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις, ὡς Μυόννησος καὶ Προκόννησος λέγεται καὶ Ἁλόννησος, ὥστε Ἑκατόννησοί εἰσιν, οἷον Ἀπολλωνόννησοι· Ἕκατος γὰρ ὁ Ἀπόλλων· παρὰ πᾶσαν γὰρ δὴ τὴν παραλίαν ταύτην ὁ Ἀπόλλων ἐκτετίμηται μέχρι Τενέδου, Σμινθεὺς ἢ Κιλλαῖος καλούμενος ἢ Γρυνεὺς ἤ τινα ἄλλην ἐπωνυμίαν ἔχων. πλησίον δὲ τούτων ἐστὶ καὶ ἡ Πορδοσελήνη, πόλιν ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα ἐν αὐτῇ· καὶ πρὸ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης ἄλλη νῆσος μείζων αὐτῆς, καὶ πόλις ὁμώνυμος ἔρημος, ἱερὸν ἅγιον ἔχουσα Ἀπόλλωνος.

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Geography (Books 6-14) Perseus (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 3-6. Jones, Horace Leonard, translator. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1924-1929 (printing).) — 13.2.5 focus

[5] In the strait between Asia and Lesbos there are about twenty small islands, but according to Timosthenes, forty. They are called Hecatonnesi, a compound name like Peloponnesus, the second letter n being customarily redundant in such compounds, as in the names Myonnesus, Proconnesus, and Halonnesus; and consequently we have Hecatonnesi, which means Apollonnesi, for Apollo is called Hecatus; for along the whole of this coast, as far as Tenedos, Apollo is highly honored, being called Sminthian or Cillaean or Grynian or by some other appellation. Near these islands is Pordoselene, which contains a city of the same name, and also, in front of this city, another island, larger and of the same name, which is uninhabited and has a temple sacred to Apollo.

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1. In which are comprehended the Arginusi mentioned above.

2. According to Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus, Hecatonnesoi means the hundred islands, the word being composed not of Hecatus but of Hecaton, ἑκατὸν, a hundred, and νῆσοι, islands.

3. The name appears to be wanting.

Strabo Geography 13.2.5

Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator)

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