Samothrace
or SAMOTHRAKI, an island in the N. of the Ægean Sea, belonging to Turkey, about 14 miles long by 8 miles broad. It has a very mountainous surface, one of its summits exceeding 5,000 feet. Its chief products are corn and oil. The island is of interest as being in antiquity the principal seat of the worship of the CABIRI, and celebrated for its religious mysteries.
It is interesting also as being visited by St. Paul in the course of his second missionary journey (Acts xvi. 11). Recent archæological researches have produced valuable results.