SASO
SASO (
Σασώ,
Ptol. 3.13.47;
Σασών,
Strab. vi. p.281), a small, rocky island, lying off the coast of Grecian Illyria, N. of the Acroceraunian promontory, and possessing a landing-place which served as a station for pirates. (Comp.
Plb. 5.110; Mela, 2.7;
Plin. Nat. 3.26. s. 30;
Itin. Ant. p. 489.)
It is still called
Saseno, Sassono, or
Sassa. [
T.H.D]