Σαμοθρᾴκη

Σαμοθρᾴκη — Samothráikē

Σαμοθρᾴκη (Σαμοθρᾴκη Rbez elz G (as here and there in secular authors; see Pape, Eigennamen, under the word); according to some 'height of Thrace', according to others 'Thracian Samos' (cf. Σάμος); other opinions see in Pape, the passage cited), Σαμοθρακης, ἡ, Samothrace, an island of the Aegean Sea, about 38 miles distant from the coast of Thrace where the river Hebrus empties into the sea (Pliny, h. n. 4, 12 (23)) (now Samothraki): Act 16:11.