COLIS
COLIS (
Κωλίς, Dion. Perieg. 1148; Mela, 3.7; Fest. Avienus,5.1355), a district on the Malabar coast, opposite to Ceylon,and a little to the northward of
Cape Comorin. As stated elsewhere [
COLCHI INDIAE], ere is a great confusion in the names which the ancients have preserved of the places on this coast; and it is very likely that the names Calligicum, Coliacum,
[p. 1.644]Colis, and Colias, refer to one and the same district.
That it was N. of
Cape Comorin is quite clear; and if Colias and Colis be one and the same, it is clear that it was not far to the N., as Dionysius (
5.951) evidently describes the former as opposite to
Ceylon. Ptolemy and Marcian connect with Calligicum another promontory, which they call Cory (
Κῶρυ ἄκρον), a projecting strip of land to the E. of the
Sinus Colchicus: it has been supposed by Ritter (
Erdk. v. p. 517) to be the same as the present
Panban, opposite the island of
Ramanan Kor. Pliny (
6.20. s. 23) speaks of a Promontory Calingon,--doubtless the Calligicum of Ptolemy.
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