14 pltnt's natuhal histouy. [Book VI. 



Euxine anfl Lake Mreotis, is not more than sixty-seven 

 miles and a half, and the width across never less than two 

 jiigcra :^* it has the name of Eion.'' The shores of the Bos- 

 porus then take a curv(? hoth on the side of Europe and of 

 Asia, thus forming the Mseotis. The towns at the entrance of 

 the I^osporus are, first H<'rmonassa/' next Cepi,"'' founded by 

 the Milesians, and then Stratoclia and Phanagoria,^^ and the 

 almost doscrtod town of Apaturos,^' and, at the extremity ol 

 the mouth, Cimmerium,*" which was formerly called Cerberion. 

 (7.) We then come to Lake Maeotis, which has been akeady 

 mentioned*^ in the description of Europe. 



CHAP. 7. — LAKE M.E0TIS AND THE ADJOINING NATIONS. 



After passing Cimmerium, the coast*- is inhabited by the 

 Majotici, the Yali, the Serbi,*^ the Arrechi, the Zingi, and the 

 Pscssi. We then come to the river Tanais,** which discharges 



31 ThcJHfjen/m was 100 Grecian or 104 Roman feet in length. 



^ Signifying in Greek Uie " sea-shore." 



3* Lying between Singa and l^lianagnria. Rennell fixes it at the open- 

 ing of the lake into which the Kouban flows. 



^■' Or the "gardens," from the Greek cjjroi. A town of the Cimme- 

 rian Bosporus, founded by the Milesians. Dr. Clarke identifies the mo- 

 dern Sienna with it, and the curious Milesian sculptures found there con- 

 firm the supposition. 



3" Its ruins are supposed to be those near Taman, on the eastern side 

 of the Straits of Katia. It was the groat emporium for all the traffic be- 

 tween the coasts of tlie Palus ^Slneotis and tlie countries on the south of the 

 Caucasus, and was chosen by the kings of Bosporus as their capital in Asia. 



35 A town of tlic Sindic ; it possessed, like Phanagoria, a celebrated 

 temple of Aphrodite Apaturos, or Venus " the Deceiver," whence probably 

 its name. 



■"' Clarke identifies it with the modern Tcmruk, but Forbiger with 

 Eskikrimra. 



*' See H. iy. c. 24. 



*2 That lying on the east of the Sea of Azof. It seems impossible to 

 identify the spot inhabited by each of these savage tribes. Hardouin says 

 tiiat tlio modern name of that inhabited by the MiBotici is Coumania. 



*^ Parisot suggests that this tribe afterwards emigrated to the west, 

 and aft<T establishing themselves in Macedonia, finally gave its name to mo- 

 dern Servia. lie remarks, tliat most of tluse names appear to have been 

 greatly miitihittil, tbroiigli tlie ignorance or carelessness of the transcribers, 

 no two of the manuscripts agreeing as to the mode in which they should 

 be spelt. 



** Or Don. It flows into the Sea of Azof by two larger mouths and 



