coaſt. They ſeem to have been the reſort of pirates, which was the character of the people. It appears from the fragment of the Periplus above cited, that this place was called Athenæon. In Arrian's time it was deſerted.
From the port of the Tauro-Scythæ to Halmitis Taurica 600 ſtadia. It is ſomewhat extraordinary that Arrian ſhould paſs by the celebrated promontory of Criu-Metopon[1] unnoticed, which lies between the port laſt mentioned and Halmitis Taurica, and is oppoſite nearly to the promontory of Carambis on the ſouth ſide, and, as it were, divides the Euxine ſea into two parts.
From Halmitis to Symboli Portus 520 ſtadia. This was, according to Strabo, a piratical ſea-port, belonging to the ancient Scythians.
From Symboli Portus to Cherroneſus Taurica 180 ſtadia. This was a colony from Heraclea, ſituated on the ſouth-weſt part of the peninſula. It was called Cherſon by the late writers, as Zonaras, Procopius, and others. It is not, however, the ſame place with the one which has at preſent that name, that being ſituated on the Weſtern ſide of the Boryſthenes.
From Cherroneſus Taurica to Cercinetis 600 ſtadia. From Cercinetis to Calus 700 ſtadia. From Calus to Tamyraca 300 ſtadia. There is here a road or ſtation for ſhips, according to Strabo. This place was, at an early period, the capital city of Sarmatia Europæa.
- ↑ Now called Cape Avis, Arrowſmith; or Ava-Bama, or Cape Kandge, Faden.
