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Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσωGive me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.

Archimedes

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Κάρπᾰθος: ἡ, νῆσος μεταξὺ Κρήτης καὶ Ρόδου, ἀνθ᾽ οὗ παρ᾽ Ὁμ. (Ἰλ. Β. 676) ὑπάρχει Κράπαθος χάριν τοῦ μέτρου· ὁ συνήθης τύπος Κάρπαθος κατὰ πρῶτον ἀπαντᾷ ἐν Ὁμ. Ὕμν. εἰς Ἀπόλλ. 43· - τὸ Καρπάθιον πέλαγος κατὰ πρῶτον παρὰ Στράβ. 488.