Ceos
(
Κέως) or
Cea. An island in the
Aegean Sea, now Zea: one of the
Cyclades (q.v.),
between the Attic promontory Sunium and the island Cythnus, celebrated for its fertile soil
and its genial climate. Its chief town was Iulis, the birthplace of Simonides, whence we read
of the
Ceae munera neniae (
Hor.
Carm. ii. 1.38).