306 plijtt's NATTJEAL HISTOET. [Book IV. 



Tomi\ and Callatis', formerly called Acervetis. It also 

 had tlie cities of Heraclea and Bizone, which latter was 

 swallowed up by an earthquake ; it now has Dionysopolis', 

 formerly called Cruni, which is washed by the river Zyras. 

 All this country was formerly possessed by the Scythians, 

 surnamed Aroteres ; their towns were, Aphrodisias, Libistos, 

 Zygere, Rocobe, Eumenia, Parthenopolis, and Grerania'', 

 where a nation of Pigmies is said to have dwelt ; the bar- 

 barians used to caU them Cattuzi, and entertain a belief 

 that ihey were put to flight by cranes. Upon the coast, 

 proceeding from Dionysopolis, is Odessus", a city of the 

 Milesians, the river Panysus^, and the town of Tetranaulo- 

 chus. Mount Haemus, which, with its vast chain, over- 

 hangs the Euxine, had in former times upon its summit 

 the town of Aristaeum^. At the present day there are upon 

 the coast Mesembria^ and Anchialum', where Messa for- 

 merly stood. The region of Astice formerly had a town 

 called Anthium; at the present day ApoUonia*" occupies 

 its site. The rivers here are the Panisos, the Riras, the 

 Teams, and the Orosines ; there are also the towns of Thy- 

 mas'\ Halmydessos'^, Develton^^, with its lake, now known 

 as Deultum, a colony of veterans, and Phinopolis, near 

 which last is the Bosporus'^. Prom the mouth of the Ister 

 to the entrance of the Euxine, some WTiters have made to be 



* Now Temesvar, or Jegni Pangola, the capital of Scythia Minor. It 

 waa said to have been so called from the Greek re/ivw, " to cut," because 

 Medea here cut to pieces the body of her brother Absyrtus. It is famous 

 8/8 the place of Ovid's banishment ; and here he wrote his * Tristia' and his 

 * Pontic Epistles.' 2 Usually identified with the modem Collat, or Collati. 



3 Its site does not appear to be known, nor yet those of many of the 

 towns here mentioned. 



■* This story no doubt arose from the similarity of its name to yepavos, 

 " a crane ;" the cranes and the Pigmies, according to the poets, being in 

 a state of continual warfare. ^ Supposed to be the present Varna. 



6 Now called Daphne-Soui, according to D'AnvUle. 



7 Said to hare been built by Aristseus, son of Apollo. 



* Now Missivri. ^ Or Anchiale, now Akiali. 



^^ Now Sizeboh, famous for its temple of Apollo, with liis statue, thirty 

 cubits in height, wliich LucxiUus caiTied to Rome. In later times it 

 was called SozopoUs. ^^ Now Tiniada. 



12 The present Midjeh, according to D'Anville. 



1* Afterwards called Zagora, which name it still bears. 



M Or Straits of Constantinople. 



