Passage 3.23.1
Κύθηρα δὲ κεῖται μὲν ἀπαντικρὺ Βοιῶν, ἐς δὲ Πλατανιστοῦντα---ἐλάχιστον γὰρ τῆς ἠπείρου ταύτῃ διέστηκεν ἡ νῆσος---ἐς ταύτην τὴν ἄκραν τὸν Πλατανιστοῦντα ἀπὸ ἄκρας τῆς ἠπείρου, καλουμένης δὲ Ὄνου γνάθου, σταδίων πλοῦς τεσσαράκοντά ἐστιν. ἐν Κυθήροις δὲ ἐπὶ θαλάσσης Σκάνδειά ἐστιν ἐπίνειον, Κύθηρα δὲ ἡ πόλις ἀναβάντι ἀπὸ Σκανδείας στάδια ὡς δέκα. τὸ δὲ ἱερὸν τῆς Οὐρανίας ἁγιώτατον καὶ ἱερῶν ὁπόσα Ἀφροδίτης παρʼ Ἕλλησίν ἐστιν ἀρχαιότατον· αὐτὴ δὲ ἡ θεὸς ξόανον ὡπλισμένον.
Cythera lies opposite Boeae, and nearest to the cape called Platanistus; at this point the island is separated from the mainland by the shortest distance. The distance between the cape Platanistus and the point on the mainland known as Onugnathus ("Donkey's Jaw") is a voyage of about forty stades. On Cythera itself, Scandeia, the harbor, lies by the sea. The city of Cythera is situated inland, about ten stades' ascent from Scandeia. The sanctuary of Uranian Aphrodite there is most holy, and it is the oldest of all the sanctuaries of Aphrodite in Greece. The image of the goddess itself is a wooden statue in armor.