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 490 - STRABO. CASATJB. 319. distance of 500 stadia, Ister, 1 a small town founded by Mile- sians ; then Tomis, 2 another small town, at the distance of 250 stadia ; then Callatis, 3 a city, a colony of the Heracleotae, at 280 stadia; then, at 1300 stadia, Apollonia, 4 a colony of Milesians, having the greater part of the buildings upon a small island, where is a temple of Apollo, whence Marcus Lucullus took the Colossus of Apollo, the work of Calamides, and dedicated it as a sacred offering in the Capitol. In the intermediate distance between Callatis and Apollonia, is Bi- zone, a great part of which was swallowed up by an earth- quake ; Cruni ; 5 Odessus, 6 a colony of Milesians ; and Naulo- chus, a small town of the Mesembriani. Next follows the mountain Hremus, 7 extending to the sea in this quarter ; then Mesembria, 8 a colony of the Megarenses, formerly called Me- nabria, or city of Mena, Menas being the name of the founder, and bria, 9 signifying in the Thracian tongue, city.. Thus the city of Selys is called Selybria, and ^Enus once had the name of Poltyobria. Then follows Anchiale, 10 a small town of the Apolloniata?, and Apollonia itself. On this coast is the promontory Tirizis, a place naturally strong, which Lysimachus formerly used as a treasury. Again, from Apollonia to the Cyaneos are about 1500 stadia. In this interval are Thynias, a tract belonging to the Apolloniata, Phinopolis, and Andriace, 11 which are contiguous to Salmy- dessus. This coast is without inhabitants and rocky, without harbours, stretching far towards the north, and extending as far as the Cyanere, about 700 stadia. Those who are wrecked on this coast are plundered by the Asti, a Thracian tribe who live above it. The Cyaneae 12 are two small islands at the mouth of the Pontus, one lying near Europe, the other near Asia, and are separated by a channel of about 20 stadia. This is the mea- 1 Istropolis or Kara-Herman. 2 Tomesvar. 3 Mangalia. 4 Sizepoli. 5 Baltchik, near Kavarna. 6 Varna. T Cape Emineh in the English charts Emona, but there is no fixed system of spelling for names of places in this part of the world. Emineh is probably a corruption of Haemus. 8 Missemvria. 9 Or Meneburgh, we should say. The Thracian was a language cog- nate with that of the Getae ; see Strabo, book vii. chap. iii. 10 ; and the Getse were Gothic. We have the Liber Aureus in the Moeso Gothic language still. 10 Ahiolou. n Places no longer known. G. 13 In the English charts Kyanees. They do not correspond to the de- scription here given. The well-known poetical name is Symplegades.