Νησώπη
Nesope
Translated by David Whitehead10 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
An island of Lesbos, which, they say, makes the harbour [called] Sigris.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νησώπη· νῆσος Λέσβου, τὸν Σίγριν, φασί, λιμένα ποιοῦσα.
Betacode
*nhsw/ph: nh=sos *le/sbou, to\n *si/grin, fasi/, lime/na poiou=sa.
Notes
- From Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.; also in ps-Herodian. (Entry lacking, Adler reports, in ms F.).
Nesope (present-day Nesiope or Megalonisi) lay off the extreme west of Lesbos, across a bay in which Sigron (sic) was the principal town and Cape Sigrion the southern landmark: see Barrington Atlas map 56 grid B3.
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