Est in Carpathio Neptuni gurgite vates Caeruleus Proteus . . .* It was indeed that bygone abode of Proteus, the old shepherd of King Neptune's flocks: an island located between Rhodes and Crete, which Greeks now call Karpathos, Italians Scarpanto.
Est in Carpathio Neptuni gurgite vates Caeruleus Proteus… Era, en efecto, la antigua residencia de Proteo, el viejo pastor de los rebaños de Neptuno, y la actual isla de Escarpanto, situada entre Rodas y Creta.