HERACLEOTIC MINOR PENINSULA, 
opinion upon the subject. In fixing the position 
of objects, to which we have been guided solely 
by the text of the Greek or the Roman historian, 
in barbarous countries, there is always some 
uncertainty ; but when barbarians themselves, by 
their simple and uncouth traditions, confirm the 
observations of the classic writer, and fix the 
wavering fact, there seems little reason for 
doubt. Upon this account, the Aia Bvrvn 
has perhaps as good a title to be considered the 
Parthenium of Strabo* , as the harbour of Bala- 
clava his Portus Symbolorum. At the same time 
it must be confessed, that a similar epithet 
occurs in the appellation Ai’vdagh, given to a 
promontory mentioned in the preceding Chapter, 
and probably, too, from some circumstances con- 
nected with the antient worship to which Strabo 
alludes; because the word Parthenit is still 
retained in the name of a contiguous village. 
Hence it is evident that different promontories 
of the Tauride, which antiently bore the name 
of Parthenium, necessarily perplex an inquiry 
(2) The decision of this (point will be left for future travellers, who 
may take the pains of measuring its exact distance from the ruins of 
the city of the Chersmesians. It has been here stated, merely from 
conjecture, to agree with Strabo’s account, who makes it equal to an 
hundred stadia, or twelve miles and a half. If the distance to the 
Aia Bvuvn should prove more than this, they will do well to direct 
their attention, in the next instance, to that part of the coast men- 
tioned ill [). 215 of this volume, as having a natural arch. 
