called by the modern Greeks Samothraki, an island in the Ægean Sea, about 38 miles S. of the coast of Thrace, and 40 N.W. of the mouth of the Hellespont. It is oval in form, about 8 miles in length by Samothrace is 6 in breadth, and has an area of 30 square miles. It is very lofty, the highest point, Mount Fingaree (anciently called Sace), being the most conspicuous object, next to Mount Athos, in this part of the sea, and, except Mount Ida in Crete, the most elevated point in the whole Archipelago. Hence it is represented by Homer as the seat of Neptune when viewing the plains of Troy; and modern travellers have confirmed the accuracy of his description by observing from these plains the island towering up over the low intervening surface of Imbros. Corn, oil, honey, and wax are the principal productions of the island. It has no good harbours, but some anchorages on its coast. Samothrace was chiefly celebrated in ancient times as the seat of the mysteries of the Cabiri, into which many celebrated men were initiated. No important event, either in ancient or in modern history, is connected with the island. Pop. about 15,000, partly Greeks and partly Turks.