Stratonis Insula
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Stratonis Insula was an island in the Gulf of Aden or the Red Sea between the harbor Elaea and the harbor Saba. (Strabo xvi. 8; Plin. vi. 29. s. 34.) There are numerous islands in the southern Red Sea and at its juncture with the Gulf of Aden – is has not been possible to pinpoint which of them corresponds to Stratonis.
[edit] References
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Stratonis Insula", London, (1854)
- Strabo's discussion of the matter
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1857).
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