Naples, Greek city in ancient Argia which is today Saccania or Romania minor, a part of the rich Morea country. Among all the cities of ancient Argia, Naples is the only one which up to this day shows traces of its former splendour. The ancients called it Anoplia and Ptolemy ( l.III.c.xvj. ) names it Naval Nauplia . It was founded by Nauplios, the son of Neptune and Amimone, at the far end of the gulf commonly known as the Gulf of Naples , which Ptolemy called Argolicus sinus . It was built on the highest point of a promontory which splits into two tongues of land. It has a very good harbour. It is inhabited by Turks, Greeks and Jews. According to la Guilletière, the latter have invented a way to communicate with their hands without resorting to chiromancy. When two men want to carry out some secret transaction and fool witnesses, they both hold their hands flat on their stomachs and then pretend to make a gesture of joy or surprise, according to the nature of the transaction or the topic of the conversation. They then lift their arms and show one another a certain number of fingers extended in an agreed manner. They thus managed to communicate secretly.

Naples has a little castle and a Greek archbishop. It was successively ruled by various princes. The Venetians conquered it in 1205. In 1539, the Republic turned it over to the Sultan to buy peace. It retook it in 1686, but Naples reverted to the Turks in 1715.

It is situated 19 leagues to the north east of Mystras and 21 leagues to the south west of Athens. Long. 40° 59'. Lat. 37° 45' .