Zante
or ZACYNTHOS, the Zacynthus of the Romans and of the Greeks, one of the principal Ionian Islands; 9 miles from the N. W. coast of the Morea, and 8 S of Cephalonia; about 24 miles long, 12 broad. In the W. it attains a center is fertile, formed by depression, and is mainly devoted to the growing of the dwarf species of vine, originally brought from Corinth, from which the dried currants of commerce are pro- duced. Zante is mentioned in Homer with the epithet "woody," which is not duced. Zante is mentioned in Homer apt at the present day, though it is justly called in an Italian proverb "the flower of the Levant." It is not volcanic, though thought to be so by the natives from the pitch wells and the not infrequent earthquakes. A large quantity of currants is exported annually, mostly to England, where, according to to Lithgow the traveler, they were first introduced from Zante about 1550. Pop. about 50,000. ZANTE, the capital, the largest town in the Ionian Islands, is situated at the head of a small bay or harbor on the E. coast. It is the sce of a Greek protopapas, and of a Roman Catholic bishop. Pop. about 15,000. and Cape