THE GEOGRAPHY OF STRABO

BOOK X

I

1. Since Euboea lies parallel to this entire coastline from Sunium as far as Thessaly, except for its extremities on either side, it would be appropriate to append the description of the island to what has already been said, and then proceed to the Aetolian and Acarnanian regions, which are the remaining parts of Europe to be described.

2. The island is elongated, measuring nearly one thousand two hundred stadia A unit of distance used in ancient Greece, roughly equivalent to 600 feet. from Cenaeum to Geraestus, though its width is irregular, generally being about one hundred and fifty stadia. Now, Cenaeum lies opposite Thermopylae and slightly beyond it, while Geraestus and Petalia lie toward Sunium. Thus, it lies across the strait, opposite Attica, Boeotia, Locris, and the Malians. Because of its narrowness and the aforementioned length, the ancients named it Macris C 445 Meaning "Long Island.". It connects to the mainland most closely at Chalcis, where it curves outward toward the regions of Aulis in Boeotia and...