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Tomi\ and Callatis^, formerly called Acervetis. It also 
had the cities of Heraclea and Bizone, which latter was 
swallowed up by an earthquake ; it now has Dionjsopolis^, 
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, Eocobe, Eumenia, Parthenopolis, and Grerania^, 
where a nation of Pigmies is said to have dwelt ; the bar- 
barians used to call them Cattuzi, and entertain a belief 
that they 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 Hsemus, which, with its vast chain, over- 
hangs the Euxine, had in former times upon its summit 
the town of Aristseum^. 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 Eiras, 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 writers have made to be 
^ Now Temesvar, or Jegni Pangola, the capital of Scythia Minor. It 
was said to have been so called from the Grreek refxvuj^ " to cut," because 
Medea here cut to pieces the body of her brother Absyrtus. It is famous 
as the place of Ovid's banishment ; and here he wrote his ' Tristia' and his 
' Pontic Epistles.' ^ Usually identified with the modern Oollat, or Collati. 
^ 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 Yarna. 
6 Now called Daphne-Soui, according to D'Anville. > 
7 Said to have been built by Aristseus, son of Apollo. 
^ Now Missivri. ^ Or Anchiale, now Akiali. 
Now Sizeboh, famous for its temple of Apollo, with his statue, thirty 
cubits in height, which Lucullus carried to Home. In later times it 
was called Sozopolis. Now Tiniada. 
1^ The present Midjeh, according to D'Anville. 
13 Afterwards called Zagora, which name it stiU bears. 
^'^ Or Straits of Constantinople. 
