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 B. x. c. ii. j 15, 16. CEPHALLEXIA. 167 Tapbos is DOW called Taphius. 1 Nor does Hellanicus follow Homer when he calls Cephallenia, Dulichiura, for Dulichium, and the other Echinades, are said to be under the command of Meges, and the inhabitants, Epeii, who came from Elis ; wherefore he calls Otus the Cyllenian, " companion of Phyleides, chief of the magnanimous Epeii ; " 2 " but Ulysses led the magnanimous Cephallenes." 3 Neither, as Andro asserts, is Cephallenia, according to Homer, Dulichium, nor does Dulichium belong to Cephallenia, for Epeii possessed Dulichium, and Cephallenians the whole of Cephallenia, the former of whom were under the command of Ulysses, the latter of Meges. Paleis is not called Du- lichium by Homer, as Pherecydes says. But he who asserts that Cephallenia and Dulichium are the same contradicts most strongly the account of Homer ; for as fifty-two of the suitors came from Dulichium, and twenty-four from Same, would he not say, that from the Avhole island came such a number of suitors, and from a single city of the four came half the number within two ? If any one should admit this, we shall inquire what the Same could be, which is mentioned in this line, " Dulichium and Same, and the woody Zacynthus." 4 15. Cephallenia is situated opposite to Acarnania, at the dis- tance from Leucatas of about 50, or according to others, of 40 stadia, and from Chelonatas 5 of about 80 stadia. It is about 300 stadia (1300 ?) in circumference. It extends in length towards the south-east (Euros). It is mountainous ; the largest moun- tain in it is the JEnus, 6 on which is the temple of Jupiter -/Enesius. Here is the narrowest part of the island, which forms a low isthmus, that is frequently overflowed from sea to sea. 7 Cranii 8 and Paleis 9 are situated near the straits in the Gulf. 16. Between Ithaca and Cephallenia is the small island 1 I. Meganisi. 2 II. xv. 519. 3 II. ii. 631. 4 Od. i. 246. 5 C. Tornese. 6 Monte Nero. 7 We may hence conjecture that Cephallenia in the time of Homer was divided into two parts, Dulichium and Same. It may explain at least the uncertainty of the ancients respecting the position of Dulichium. Pausanias, b. vi. c. 15, speaking of the Paleis says, that formerly they were called Dulichii; and Hesychius, that Dulichium is a city of Ce- phallenia. 8 Situated near the modern capital Argostoli. 9 Probably the site t>f the ruins in the harbour of Viscardo.