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[19] νήσους δὲ Καλύδνας τὰς Σποράδας λέγειν φασὶ τὸν ποιητήν, ὧν μίαν εἶναι Κάλυμναν: εἰκὸς δ᾽ ὡς ἐκ τῶν Νισυρίων λέγονται καὶ Κασίων αἱ ἐγγὺς καὶ ὑπήκοοι, οὕτως καὶ τὰς τῇ Καλύμνῃ περικειμένας ἴσως τότε λεγομένῃ Καλύδνῃ: τινὲς δὲ δύο εἶναι Καλύδνας φασὶ Λέρον καὶ Κάλυμναν, ἅσπερ καὶ λέγειν τὸν ποιητήν. ὁ δὲ Σκήψιος πληθυντικῶς ὠνομάσθαι τὴν νῆσον Καλύμνας φησίν, ὡς Ἀθήνας καὶ Θήβας, δεῖν δὲ ὑπερβατῶς δέξασθαι τὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ: οὐ γὰρ νήσους Καλύδνας λέγειν, ἀλλ᾽ “οἳ δ᾽ ἄρα νήσους Νίσυρόν τ᾽ εἶχον Κράπαθόν τε Κάσον τε καὶ Κῶν, Εὐρυπύλοιο πόλιν, Καλύδνας τε.”1ἅπαν μὲν οὖν τὸ νησιωτικὸν μέλι ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ ἀστεῖόν ἐστι καὶ ἐνάμιλλον τῷ Ἀττικῷ, τὸ δ᾽ ἐν ταῖσδε ταῖς νήσοις διαφερόντως, μάλιστα δὲ τὸ Καλύμνιον.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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