King Spadagas, who received his kingdom from You. As far as Apſarus our courſe lay Eaſtward, on the right ſide of the Euxine ſea. Apſarus appears to me to terminate the Pontus, when we eſtimate its greateſt length.
From thence our courſe was Northerly to the river Chobus, and from thence to Singames. From Singames we turned to the left ſide of the Pontus as far as the river Hippus; and from thence to Aſtelephus and Dioſcurias, where we had a view of Mount Caucaſus, the height of which is much the ſame with that of the Celtic Alps. The higheſt point of the mountain called Strobilus is viſible here, where Prometheus is fabled to have been ſuſpended by Vulcan, according to the commands of Jupiter.
The diſtances of the places from one another, that lie between the Thracian Boſporus and Trapezus, are as follows. The temple of Jupiter Urius is diſtant from Byzantium an hundred and twenty ſtadia. The Thracian Boſporus is, as You know, the narroweſt of the mouths of the Pontus, through which it diſcharges itſelf into the Propontis. The river Rhebas lies on the right hand of thoſe who ſail from the temple above mentioned, and is at the diſtance of ninety ſtadia from it. From the river Rhebas to Acra Melæna is one hundred and fifty ſtadia. From Acra Melæna to the river Artanes, where there is a harbour for ſmall veſſels near a temple of Venus, is one hundred and fifty ſtadia. From the river Artanes to Pſilis, where ſmall veſſels may lie ſafely under the ſhelter of a projecting rock, not far from the mouths of the river, an hundred and fifty ſtadia. From Pſilis to the port of Calpe two hundred and ten ſtadia.
