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 BOOK VII. GERMAKY. THE CIMBRI, GETJE, DACI. MOUTHS OF THE DANUBE. THE TAURICA CHERSONESUS, ILLYRICUM, HUNGARY, EPIRUS, DODONA, MACE- DONIA, THRACE. THE HELLESPONT. SUMMARY. In the Seventh Book Strabo describes the remaining portions of Europe. That on the east is the country beyond the Rhine, as far as the Don 1 and the mouth of the Sea of Azof ; 2 and on the south, that which the Danube 3 bounds, lying between the Adriatic and the left shores of the Euxine, as far as Greece and the Sea of Marmora, 4 including the whole of Macedonia. CHAPTER I. 1. WE have described Spain and the Keltic nations, to- gether with Italy and the islands adjacent, and must now speak of the remaining portions of Europe, dividing it in the best way we can. That which remains is, on the east, all the country beyond the Rhine, as far as the Don and the mouth of the Sea of Azof; and, on the south, that which the Danube bounds, lying between the Adriatic and the left shores of the Euxine, as far as Greece and the Sea of Mar- mora, for the Danube, which is the largest of the rivers of Europe, divides the whole territory of which we have spoken, into two portions. This river from its commencement flows southwards, then, making a sudden turn, continues its course from west to east, which [terminates] in the Euxine Sea, It takes its rise in the western confines of Germany, not far from the head of the Adriatic, being distant from it about 1000 stadia, 5 and falls into the Euxine near the mouths of the Dniester 6 and the Dnieper, 7 inclining a little towards the north. Thus the countries beyond the Rhine and Keltica are situated to the north of the Danube, and are occupied by the 1 The ancient Tanais. 2 Palus Mseotis. 3 The ancient Ister. 4 The ancient Propontis. 5 Strabo, in a subsequent passage, states that the distance from the Danube to the city Trieste, at the head of the Adriatic, is about 1200 stadia. 6 The ancient Tyras. 7 The Borysthenes.