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Rh coat. They eem to have been the reort of pirates, which was the character of the people. It appears from the fragment of the Periplus above cited, that this place was called Athenæon. In Arrian's time it was deerted.

From the port of the Tauro-Scythæ to Halmitis Taurica 600 tadia. It is omewhat extraordinary that Arrian hould pas by the celebrated promontory of Criu-Metopon unnoticed, which lies between the port lat mentioned and Halmitis Taurica, and is oppoite nearly to the promontory of Carambis on the outh ide, and, as it were, divides the Euxine ea into two parts.

From Halmitis to Symboli Portus 520 tadia. This was, according to Strabo, a piratical ea-port, belonging to the ancient Scythians.

From Symboli Portus to Cherroneus Taurica 180 tadia. This was a colony from Heraclea, ituated on the outh-wet part of the peninula. It was called Cheron by the late writers, as Zonaras, Procopius, and others. It is not, however, the ame place with the one which has at preent that name, that being ituated on the Wetern ide of the Borythenes.

From Cherroneus Taurica to Cercinetis 600 tadia. From Cercinetis to Calus 700 tadia. From Calus to Tamyraca 300 tadia. There is here a road or tation for hips, according to Strabo. This place was, at an early period, the capital city of Sarmatia Europæa. From