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than five cities', mentioned also by Herodotus ' chap. 
and by ThucydidesU namely, Dion, Olo- i — ^ — i 
PHYXUS, Acrothoon, Thyssus or Thysus, and citicrof 
Cleon^. ^''"'^' 
From Khan Erenderi Bauz our journey lay 
towards the north-east, through a maritime 
plain, covered with large trees of the Platanus 
OrientaJis, Falloriia, and common Oak. In two 
hours we arrived at another dervene, and a little Dervene, 
hhariy upon the shore of the gulph. Thence we 
rode entirely along the coast, having cliffs above 
us upon our left, and the sea upon our right ; 
so near to us, that our horses' feet were some- 
times in the water. When we had doubled 
this point of land, we beheld all the north- 
eastern side of the Sinus Strymonicus. The 
weather, however, was very hazy; a hot Sirocco 
wind then blowing. Upon the opposite side of 
the gulph we saw the ruined city of Amphi- 
POLIS, now called Eski Kaleh, the old fortress ; 
also Orphano-palceo, or antient Orphano. We 
(2) "Bx^i S' "A^uiv 'jToXiis, Aiov^ KXtuiva;, Qvfo'av, 'OXo^t/|/v, ' Ax^nriuov;. 
(Postrema vox corrupta est, ut inf. vid.) Strabon. Geog. lib. ix. p. •J81. 
^ (3) "Effu Si rov "aSu oiKtif^'iva,! ejV) a'^t, ATov, 'OXiipv^os, ' Anfiicov, 
Qiaos, KXtuval. HerodnCi Poli/mnia, lib. vii. cap. 22. p. 391. ed. Gronovii> 
(4) Tu; di cLxXas, Oufffftv, kcc) KXiuvctt, xxi 'AxpaSaou;, Kai 'OXoip«|ov, xai 
Ar«». Thucydid. Hist. lib. iv. cap. 109. p. 276. ed. Hiidsoni. Thucydidet 
also mentions a colony from Andros, of the name of Sana. 
