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304 Thus is Thrace bounded by the Ister on the north, by the Euxine, and the Propontis on the east, and by the Ægean Sea on the south; on the coast of which, after leaving the Strymon, we come in turn to Apollonia, Œsyma , Neapolis and Datos. In the interior is the colony of Philippi, distant from Dyrrhachium 325 miles; also Scotussa , the city of Topiris, the mouth of the river Mestus , Mount Pangæus, Heraclea , Olynthos , Abdera , a free city, the people of the Bistones and their Lake. Here was formerly the city of Tirida, which struck such terror with its stables of the horses of Diomedes. At the present day we find here Dicæa, Ismaron , the place where Parthenion stood,Phalesina, and Maronea , formerly called Orthagorea. We