Corassiae

CORA´SSIAEor CO´RSEAE(Κορασσίαι, Strab. 10. p. 488; Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 23; Κορσίαι, or Κορσεαί, Strab. 14. p. 636; Agathem. 1.4; Steph. B. s. v. Κορσεαί), a group of islands between Icaria and Samos, distant, according to Agathemerus, 30 stadia from the promontory Ampelos in Samos. They are now called Phurniand Krusi. (Ross, Reisen auf de?? Griech. Inseln, vol. ii. pp. 134, 156.) Some modern writers suppose that Corassiae and Corseae are names of two different groups of islands, the former being SW. of Icaria, and the latter near Samos; but upon a comparison of the two passages of Strabo in which the names occur, it would appear that he speaks of the same groups under these two names.

(Κορασσίαι). A group of small islands in the Icarian Sea, south west of Icaria. They must not be confounded, as they often are, with the islands Corseae or Corsiae, off the Ionian coast, and opposite the promontory Ampelos, in Samos (Pliny , Pliny H. N. iv. 12. 23).