with the deſcription given by Tournefort, who remarks at the ſame time, that both theſe ports are now choaked up with land. The goodneſs of its ports gave occaſion for ſeveral medalſto be ſtruck, celebrating their convenience and utility. It is now called [1]Amaſtro, and is about 12 Greek miles, or 100 ſtadia, diſtant from the Parthenius by modern maps.
From Amaitris to Erythinus 60 ſtadia. This place was ſo called, according to [2] Strabo, from two red rocks, like the Saxa rubra on the Flaminian way in Eturia.
From Erythinus to Cromna 60 ſtadia. Cromna is placed by Ptolemy 10' to the eaſt of Amaſtris, equal nearly to 73 ſtadia, whereas in Arrian it is 120 ſtadia. The diſtance from Cromna to Cytorus is in Arrian 90 ſtadia, but in Ptolemy it is nearly 113.5 ſtadia. But although there be a difference here, yet the whole diſtance between Amaitris and Cytorus does not vary greatly in the two authors, it being in Arrian 210 ſtadia, and in the Latin copy of Ptolemy 192 ſtadia nearly.
From Cromna to Cytorus 90 ſtadia. This was a place dependent upon Sinope, and had its name from the box-trees that grew there, as we are told by Strabo, and Theophraitus. Catullus and Virgil both remark the abundance of this tree at the ſame place[3]. Apollonius calls it ὑλήεντα Κύτωρον, which the Scholiaſt explains by
- ↑ From Amaſtris to Carambis is, according to Arrowſmith, 63 Engliſh miles; according toCitizen Beauchamp, 38′, or 44 Engliſh miles,and according to D'Anville, 54 Engliſh miles.
- ↑ Strabo ſayſ, that in his time they were called Erythrini, from their red colour.
- ↑ Et juvat undantem buxo ſpectare Cytorum. Virg., Georg. ii. verſ 437.
