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Eighteen miles from it is Cape Trapeza, from which 

 point the Dardanelles start. A list of Asiatic races 

 now extinct given by Eratosthenes inchides the 

 Solynii, Leleges, Bcbryces, Colycantii and Tripsedi ; 

 Isidore gives the Arienei and the Capreatae at the 

 place where Apamea stands, foundcd by King 

 Seleucus, between Cihcia, Cappadocia, Cataonia and 

 Armenia. Apamea was originally called Damea " 

 because it had subdued some extremely fierce tribes. 



XXXIV. Of the islands oflf the coast of Asia the isiandsoff 

 first is at the Canopic mouth of the Nile, and takes coasL 

 its name, it is said, from Menelaus's helmsman 

 Canopus. The second, called Pharos, joined bya 

 bridge to Alexandria, was settled by the Dietator 

 Caesar; it was formerly a day's sail from Egypt, 



but now it carries a Hghthouse to direct the course of 

 vessels at night ; for owing to the treacherous shoals 

 Alexandria can be reachcd by only three channels 

 of the sea, those of Stcganus, Posideum and Taiu"us. 

 Then in the Phoenician Sea off Joppa Ues Paria, 

 the whole of which is a town — it is said to have been 

 the place where Andromeda was exposed to the 

 monster, — and Arados, mentioned already ; between § 78. 

 which and the mainland, according to Mucianus, 

 fresh water is brought up from a spring at the bottom 

 of the sea, which is 75 fect deep, by means of a 

 leather pipe. 



XXXV. The Pamphyhan Sea contains some islands Cyprus. 

 of no note. The Cihcian Sea has five of considerable 

 size, among them Cyprus, which Hes east and west 



off the coasts of CiHcia and Syria ; it was formerly 

 the seat of nine kingdoms. Its circumference is 

 given by Timosthenes as measuring 427^ miles and 

 by Isidore as 375 miles. Its length betwecn the two 



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