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 Chap. 40.] ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, ETC. 489 Abydos ^Yhere the straits are only seven stadia wide ; then the town of Percote"^ ; Lampsacus^, at first called Pityusa ; the colony of Parium, which Homer calls by the name of Adrastia ; the town of Priapos^ ; the river ^Esepus ; Zelia^ ; and then the Propontis'^, that beinf? the name given to the tract of sea where it enlarges. We then come to the river Granicus^, and the liarbour of Artace'", where a town formerly stood. Beyond this is an island which Alexander joined to the continent, and upon which is Cyzicus, a city of the Milesians, which was formerly called Arctonnesos'-, Dolionis, and Dindymis ; above it are the heights of Mount Dindymus'^. We then come to the towns of Placia, Ariace^^, and Scylace ; in the rear of which places is jMount Olympus, known as the " Mysian Olympus,*' and the city of Olympena. There are also the rivers Horisius'^ and Rhyn- dacus '^, formerly called the Lycus ; this last river rises in Lake Artynias, near Miletopolis, and receives the Macestos, and many other streams, dividing in its course Asia from Bithynia'^. ^ Opposite to Seatos, made famous by the loves of Hero and Leander. Aidos, or Avido, a village on the Hellespont, is thought to occupy its site. 2 Now called Bergase, according to D'Anville. ^ Its ruins are stiU known as Lapsaki. Tliis important city was cele- brated for its wine, and was the cliicf seat of the worsliip of the god Priapus. "* Its site is now called Camanar, according to D'Anville. ® Now called the Satal-dere, accorchng to Ansart. ^ Its locality was not far from the modem Biga, according to Ansart. ^ Now the Sea of Marmora. ^ Mentioned in C. 33 of the present Book. ^^ Now called Artaki, or Erdok, a town of Mysia, and a Milesian colony. A poor town now occupies its site. Cyzicus." There are many subterraneous passages, and the ruins are of considerable extent. Its tem])les and storehouses appear to have been built on a scale of great magnificence. See I'liny, B. xxxvi. e. 15. ^■^ The " Island of the Bears," which animals frequented the moim- tain in its yicinity. ^^ Called Diiulyniuni hy Herodotus; probably the modem Morad Dagh, in which the river lieriuus rises. 14 Now called Saki, according to Ansart. 15 Now called the Lartaeho, according to Ansart. 16 Previously mentioned in C. 32 of the j)resent Book. 17 In its limited sense; considered as a portion only of Asia Minor. 1^ On the west it bordered on Mysia, and on the south on Thrygiaand Galatia, while the eastern boundary seems to have been less deliiula.
 * According to Ansart, the modern Caraboa marks its site.
 * ' Its ruins are called by the Turks Bal Kiz, probably meaning " Old