OPHIUSSA
OPHIUSSA (
Ὀφιοῦσσα), a small island in the Propontis, off the coast of Mysia, is mentioned only by Pliny (
4.44) and Stephanus B. (s. v.
Βέσβικος, where it is called
Ὀφιόεσσα); it still bears its ancient name under the corrupt form of
Afzia. (Pococke,
Travels, iii. p. 167.)
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