Carpăthus

, an island in the Mediterranean between Rhodes and Crete, now called Scapanto . It has given its name to a part of the neighbouring sea, thence called the Car path i an sea , between Rhodes and Crete. Car path us was at first inhabited by some Cretan soldiers of Minos. It was 20 miles in circumference, and was sometimes called Tetrapolis, from its four capital cities. Pliny , bk. 4 , ch. 12 .— Hero dot us , bk. 3 , ch. 45 .— Diodorus , bk. 5 .— Strabo , bk. 10 .