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Athos,Modern ʽἱερὸν ῎ορος, Monte Santo. that lofty mountain in Macedonia through which the Medic ships once passed,Under Xerxes; see Hdt. vii. 122. and Caphereus, the headland of EuboeaIts mediæval name was Negroponte and the headland’s Cappo d’Oro. where Nauplius, Looking eastward. father of Palamedes, wrecked the Argive fleet,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. although they face each other at a long distance apart, separate the Aegean and the Thessalian seas.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. 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.Apollo and Diana. On the left, it washes Imbros and Tenedos, Lemnos and Thasos, and when the wind is strong, dashes violently upon Lesbos.
