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 202 STRABO. BOOK II. This parallel, according to Eratosthenes, passes through Caria, Lycaonia, Cataonia, Media, the Caspian Gates, and India next the Caucasus. 1 40. In the parts of the Troad next Alexandria 2 in Am- phipolis, 3 Apollonia in Epirus, 4 the countries just south of Rome and north of Neapolis, the longest day consists of fif- teen hours. This parallel is distant from that of Alexandria in Egypt 7000 stadia to the north, above 28,800 stadia north of the equator, and 3400 stadia from the parallel of Rhodes ; it is south of Byzantium, Nicoea, 5 and Marseilles 1500 stadia. The parallel of Lysimachia 6 is a little to the north, and ac- cording to Eratosthenes passes through Mysia, 7 Paphlagonia, Sinope, 8 Hyrcania, 9 and Bactra. 10 41. About Byzantium the longest day consists of fifteen and a quarter equinoctial hours ; the proportion borne by the gnomon to the shadow at the summer solstice, is as 120 to 42, minus one-fifth. These places are distant 11 from the mid- dle of Rhodes about 4900 stadia, and 30,300 from the equator. Sailing into the Euxine and advancing 1400 stadia to the north, the longest day is found to consist of fifteen and a half equinoctial hours. These places are equi-distant between the pole and equatorial circle ; the arctic circle is at their zenith, the star in the neck of Cassiopeia is within this circle, the star forming the right elbow of Pejseus being a little more to the north. 42. In regions 3800 stadia north of Byzantium the longest day consists of sixteen equinoctial hours ; the constellation Cassiopeia being brought within the arctic circle. These regions are situated around [the mouth of] the Dnieper and the southern parts of the Masotis, at a distance from the equa- tor of 34,100 stadia; and the northern part of the horizon during almost all the summer nights is illuminated by the light of the sun ; a certain degree of light continuing from sunset to sunrise. For the summer tropic is distant from the 1 Caria occupied the southern and western parts of Anadoli, near the Island of Rhodes. Lycaonia formed a part of the modern Karaman. Ca- taonia was comprised in Aladeuli. Media is now Irak-Adjami. The Caspian Gates are the defiles of Firouz-Koh. 2 Eski-Stambul. 3 Emboli or Jamboli. 4 Polina. 5 Isnik. 6 Eksemil. 7 Karasi in Anadoli. 8 Sinoub. 9 Corcan and Daghistan. 10 Balk. " To the north.