obſervation may be thought more applicable to the epithet, when he tells us,[1] "that much more rain falls in the Black ſea than in "the Helleſpont." The word then bore a proper application to a ſituation, which marked the boundary between a moiſt and a dry climate. The diſtance of this[2] temple from Byzantium, as laid down by Arrian, is, as nearly as poſſible, agreeable to modern meaſurements. The Peutingerian Tables appear to ſet it down too tar to the Eaitwardz but no dependence is to be placed on them as a map, otherwiſe than by the meaſurements expreſſed in the numbers annexed.
From the temple of Jupiter Urius to the river Rhebas 90 ſtadia. This river ſtill goes by the name of Irva, or Riva, and appears to be, by the map, about nine Engliſh miles, or about 80 ſtadia, from the temple above mentioned. The ſtage to this river is put down in the Peutingerian Tables, Adherbas, which is probably a miſ-ſpelling of Rhebas. The Rhebas is called by Apollonius[3] a ſwift flowing river (ὠκυρόην). Dionyſius Periegetes deſcribes it as a beautiful ſtream flowing into the Pontic ſea near its mouth[4]. It appears from Strabo to be a winding ſtream, as he ſays the road croſſes it ſeven times in a ſhort ſpace. Toumefort however ſays, that, when he paſſed it, it was no better than a brook[5].
From the river Rhebas to Acra Melaena 150 ſtadia. This place is twice mentioned by [6] Apollonius under this name. It is alſo called
- ↑ Vol. iii. p. 16.
- ↑ It was probably in this temple, that Darius Hyitaſpis ſat, when he ſet out on his expedition againſt the Scythian. Herod. lib. iv. p. 320. Ed. Weſſel.
- ↑ Lib. ii. ver. 349, 652.
- ↑ Line 795, 796.
- ↑ Tournefort obſerves, that moſt of the brooks or rivers on this coaſt are either dried up, or reduced almoſt to nothing.
- ↑ Lib. ii. ver. 349, 653.
