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 B. xin. c. i. 1519, THE TROAD. 349 Parium was founded by Milesians, Erythrseans, and Pa- rians. 15. Pitya is situated in Pityus in the Parian district, and having above it a mountain abounding with pine trees (Trt- Tvtidtc) ; it is between Parium and Priapus, near Linum, a place upon the sea, where the Linusian cockles are taken, which excel all others. 16. In the voyage along the coast from Parium to Priapus are the ancient and the present Proconnesus, 1 with a city, and a large quarry of white marble, which is much esteemed. The most beautiful works in the cities in these parts, and par- ticularly those in Cyzicus, are constructed of this stone. Aristeas, the writer of the poems called Arimaspeian, the greatest of impostors, was of Proconnesus. 17. With respect to the mountain Tereia, some persons say that it is the range of mountains in Peirossus. which the Cy- ziceni occupy, contiguous to Zeleia, among which was a royal chase for the Lydian, and afterwards for the Persian, kings. Others say that it was a hill forty stadia from Lampsacus, on which was a temple sacred to the mother of the gods, sur- named Tereia. 18. Lampsacus, situated on the sea, is a considerable city with a good harbour, and, like Abydos, supports its state well. It is distant from Abydos about 170 stadia. It had formerly, as they say Chios had, the name of Pityusa. On the opposite territory in Cherronesus is Callipolis, 2 a small town. It is situated upon the shore, which projects so far towards Asia opposite to Lampsacus that the passage across does not exceed 40 stadia. 19. In the interval between Lampsacus and Parium was Paesus, a city, and a river Paesus. 3 The city was razed, and the Pseseni, who, as well as the Lampsaceni, were a colony of Milesians, removed to Lampsacus. The poet mentions the city with the addition of the first syllable, " and the country of Apscsus ; " 4 and without it, " a man of great possessions, who lived at Psesus ;" & and this is still the name of the river. 1 Marmara, from the marble, pdpnapov, found there. 2 Gallipoli. 3 Beiram-dere. * II. ii. 328. 5 II. v. 612.