Note 617 — BOOK I.—OF THE EPIDEMICS.
Francis Adams translation
Thasus is an island in the Ægean sea, off the coast of Thrace, which bears the modern name of Thaso or Tasso. It was in a flourishing condition in the time of Hippocrates, and a tributary to Athens, but revolted from that power after its disasters in Sicily during the Peloponnesian war. See Herodot., vi., 47; Thucydid., i., 101; viii., 66. Galen states that it is cold, with a northerly exposure.