an island on the coast of Asia, two hundred stadia in compass, and an hundred in length. Its name is said to be from its situation on the coast of Caria. It lies between Rhodes and Crete, in the sea which, from this island, is called the Carpathian sea, and has to the north the Tonian, to the south the Egyptian, to the west the Cretan and African seas. It is two hundred furlongs in compass, and a hundred in length. It had anciently, according to Strabo, four cities; according to Scylax, only three. Ptolemy mentions but one, which he calls Posidium. This island is now called Scarpatho.