ORTYGIAN SHORE
\ˈɔːtɪd͡ʒən ʃˈɔː], \ˈɔːtɪdʒən ʃˈɔː], \ˈɔː_t_ɪ_dʒ_ə_n ʃ_ˈɔː]\
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In Shelley's poem Arethusa, the eastern shore of Sicily, near Syracuse. The island of Delos was also called Ortygia, or the quail-land, the quail [in Skt.] being one of the birds which come with the first return of spring. It thus became one of the names of the dawn, and was applied to Delos [Gr.], in which Phoebus and Artemis were born.
By Henry Percy Smith
