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whole ot the cuast is iniiabited by the Thynians and 

 the interior by the Bithynians. This is the end of 

 Asia and of the 282 peoples who can be counted 

 betwcen the frontier of Lycia and this point. The 

 length of the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara 

 to the Straits of Constantinople we stated above as iv.io. 

 239 miles, and the distance from Calchadon to 

 Sigeum is given by Isidore as 322| miles. 



XLIV. The islands in the Marmara are, Elaphon- isiandsin 

 nesus off Cyzicus, from which is obtained the Cyzicus 'propo,uu 

 marble — it is also called Neuris and Proconnesus — , 

 and then Ophiussa, Acanthus, Phoebe, Scopelos, 

 Porphyrione, Halone with its town, Delphacie, 

 Polydora and Artacaeon with its town. Also off 

 Nicomedia is Demonnesus, and also beyond Heraclea 

 and off Bithynia Thynias, the native name of which 

 is Bithynia. There is also Antiochia, and off the 

 mouth of the Rhjmdacus Besbicos, an island 18 miles 

 in circumference ; and also Elaea and the two 

 Rhodusae, Erebinthote, Megale, Chalcitis and 

 Pityodes. 



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