TRA´GIA
TRA´GIA (
Τραγία), also called Tragiae (
Τραγίαι), Tragia, Tragaeae (
Τραγαῖαι), or Tragaea (
Τραγαία), a small island off the south coast of Samos, near which Pericles, in B.C. 440, defeated the Samians in a naval engagement. (
Thuc. 1.116;
Plin. Nat. 4.71,
5.135;
Plut. Per. 25;
Strab. xiii. p.635;
Steph. B. sub voce Τραγαία.) Respecting the Tragasaeae Salinae, see
HALESION [
L.S]