Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 22.8.2

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[2] Athos,¹ that lofty mountain in Macedonia through which the Medic ships once passed,² and Caphereus, the headland of Euboea³ where Nauplius, Looking eastward. father of Palamedes, wrecked the Argive fleet,⁴ although they face each other at a long distance apart, separate the Aegean and the Thessalian seas.⁵ The Aegean gradually grows larger, and on the right, where it is of wide extent, is rich in islands through the Sporades and Cyclades, so-called because they are all grouped about Delos, famous as the cradle of the gods.⁶ On the left, it washes Imbros and Tenedos, Lemnos and Thasos, and when the wind is strong, dashes violently upon Lesbos.

Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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[2] Athos in Macedonia mons ille praecelsus navibus quondam Medicis pervius, et Caphereus Euboicus scopulus, ubi Nauplius Palamedis pater classem collisit Argivam, licet longo spatio controversi a Thessalo mari distinguunt Aegaeum, quod paulatim fusius adulescens, dextra (qua late protenditur) per Sporadas est insulosum atque Cycladas, ideo sic appellatas quod omnes ambiunt Delon partu deorum insignem, laeva Imbrum et Tenedum circumluens et Lemnum et Thasum, quando perflatur, Lesbo illiditur violentius.

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1. Modern ʽἱερὸν ῎ορος, Monte Santo.

2. Under Xerxes; see Hdt. vii. 122.

3. Its mediæval name was Negroponte and the headland’s Cappo d’Oro.

4. In order to avenge the death of his son, Nauplius kindled a beacon-fire on the cliff, which misled the Greek fleet and caused its almost utter destruction.

5. This is not accurate, but makes the Aegean too small and the Thessalian sea, more commonly called Mare Thracicum, too large; see Strabo, Mela, and Pliny.

6. Apollo and Diana.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 22.8.2

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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