476 Flint's natural histoet. [Book V. 



CHAP. 33. — TROAS AND THI^ ADJOINING NATIONS. 



The first place in Troas is Hamaxitus^ then Cebrenia^, 

 and then Troas^ itself, formerly called Antigonia, and now 

 Alexandria, a Eoman colony. We then come to the town 

 of Nee**, the Scamander^, a navigable river, and the spot 

 where in former times the town of Sigeum^ stood, upon a 

 promontory. We next come to the Port of the Achaeans'', into 

 which the Xanthus^ flows after its union with the Simois^, 

 , and forms the Palaescamander^°, which was formerly a lake. 

 The other rivers, rendered famous by Homer, namely, the 

 E-hesus, the Heptaporus, the Caresus, and the Rhodius, have 

 left no vestiges of their existence. The Granicus^\ taking a 

 difterent route, flows into the Propontis^'. The small city of 

 Scamandria, however, still exists, and, at a distance of a mile 



at the foot of Mount Olympus ; next to whom, on the south and west, 

 were the Abretteni. 



^ On the south-western coast of the Troad, fifty stadia south of La- 

 rissa. In the time of Strabo it had ceased to exist. No ruins of this 

 place have been known to be discovered, but Prokesch is induced to think 

 that the architectm'al remains to be seen near Cape Baba are those of 

 Hamaxitus. 



2 Or Cebrene or Cebren. It was separated from the territory of Scepsis 

 by the river Menander. Leake supposes it to have occupied the higher 

 region of Ida on the west, and that its site may have been at a place 

 called Kushunlu Tepe, not far from Baramitsh. 



3 Mentioned in Acts xvi. 8. It is now called Eski Stambul or Old 

 Stambid. It was situate on the coast of Troas, opposite to the south- 

 eastern point of the island of Tenedos, and north of Assus. It was 

 founded by Antigonus, under the name of Antigonia Troas, and peopled 

 with settlers from Scepsis and other neighbouring towns. The ruins of 

 tliis city are very extensive, * Or Nea, mentioned in B. ii. c. 97. 



^ Now called the Mendereh-Chai. 



^ On the north-west promontory of Troas. Here Homer places the 

 Grecian fleet and camp during the Trojan war. The promontory is now 

 called Yenisheri. 



' Now called Jeni-Scher, according to Ansart. It was at this spot 

 that the Greeks landed in their expedition against Troy. 



8 Usually identified with the Mendereh-Chai or Scamander. 



9 The modern Gmr^brek. 



^0 Or " ancient Scamander." 



*i Now known as theKoja-Chai ; memorable as the scene of the three 

 great victories by which Alexander the Great overthrew the Persian 

 empire, B.C. 334. Here also a victory was gained by Lucullus over 

 Mithi-idates, B.C. 73. ^ Or Sea of Marmora. 



