Res Gestae

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 Euboea[*](Its 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.