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Abydos\ where the straits are only seven stadia wide ; then 
the town of Percote'^ ; Lampsacus^, at first called Pityusa ; 
the colony of Parium^, which Homer calls by the name of 
Adrastia ; the town of Priapos^ ; the river ^sepus^ ; Zelia'' ; 
and then the Propontis^, that being the name given to 
the tract of sea where it enlarges. We then come to the 
river Grranicus^, and the harbour of Artace^^, where a town 
formerly stood. Beyond this is an island which Alexander 
joined to the continent, and upon which is Cyzicus", a city 
of the Milesians, which was formerly called Arctonnesos^^, 
Dolionis, and Dindymis ; above it are the heights of 
Mount Dindymus^^. "We then come to the towns of Placia, 
Ariace^^, and Scylace ; in the rear of which places is Mount 
Olympus, known as the " Mysian Olympus,*^ and the city of 
Olympena. There are also the rivers Horisius^^ and Khyn- 
dacus formerly called the Lycus ; this last river rises in 
Lake Artynias, near Miletopolis, and receives the Macestos, 
and many other streams, dividing in its course Asia^^ from 
Bithynia^^. 
^ Opposite to Sestos, made famons by the loves of Hero and Leander. 
Aidos, or Avido, a village on the HeUespont, is thought to occupy its site. 
2 Now called Bergase, according to D'Anville. 
^ Its ruins are still known as Lapsaki. This important city was cele- 
brated for its wine, and was the chief seat of the worship of the god 
Priapus. Its site is now called Camanar, according to D'Anville. 
^ According to Ansart, the modern Caraboa marks its site. 
^ Now called the Satal-dere, according to Ansart. 
7 Its locahty was not far from the modern Biga, according to Ansart. 
^ Now the Sea of Marmora. 
^ Mentioned in C. 33 of the present Book. 
Now called Artaki, or Erdek, a town of Mysia, and a Milesian 
colony. A poor town now occupies its site. 
Its ruins are called by the Turks Bal Kiz, probably meaning " Old 
Cyzicus." There are many subterraneous passages, and the ruins are of 
considerable extent. Its temples and storehouses appear to have been 
built on a scale of great magnificence. See Phny, B. xxxvi. c. 15. 
12 rjy^j^Q u igian(3^ of the Bears," which animals fr^equented the moun- 
tain in its vicinity. ^3 Called Bindymum by Herodotus ; 
probably the modern Morad Dagh, in which the river Hermus rises. 
14 Now called Saki, according to Ansart. 
15 Now called the Lartacho, according to Ansart. 
1^ Previously mentioned in C. 32 of the present Book. 
17 In its hmited sense ; considered as a portion only of Asia Minor. 
18 On the west it bordered on Mysia, and on the south on Phrygia and 
Galatia, while the eastern boundary seems to have been less definite. 
