5.5Rheneia is a desert isle within four stadia from Delos, and there the Delians bury their dead;This began in 426 B.C., when “all the sepulchres of the dead in Delos were removed” to Rheneia (Thuc. 3104). for it is unlawful to bury, or even burn, a corpse in Delos itself, and it is unlawful even to keep a dog there. In earlier times it was called Ortygia.
