476 STRABO. CASAUB. 309. rambis, 1 the promontory of the Paphlagonians. Criu-metopon and Carambis together form a strait compressed between them, and divide the Euxine into two parts. Carambis is distant from the city of the Chersonesus 2500 stadia, and from Criu-metopon much less ; for many persons who have sailed through the strait say, that they saw both promontories at once. 2 In the mountainous district of the Tauri there is a hill called Trapezus, 3 of the same name as the city, 4 which is near Tibarania and Colchis. There is another hill also, the Kim- merium, 5 in the same mountainous district, for the Kimm^rii were once sovereigns of the Bosporus, and hence the whole of the strait at the mouth of the [Palus] Maeotis is called the Jimmerian Bosporus. 4. After leaving the above-mentioned mountainous district, is the city Theodosia, situated on a plain ; the soil is fertile, and there is a harbour capable of containing a hundred ves- sels. This formerly was the boundary of the territory of the Bosporians and of the Tauri. Then follows a fertile country extending to Panticapaeum, 6 the capital of the Bosporians, which is situated at the mouth of the Palus Moeotis. 7 Between Theodosia 8 and Panticapoeum there is a tract of about 530 stadia in extent. The whole country is corn-producing ; there are villages in it, and a city called NymphosumT'with a good harbour. Panticapoeum is a hill inhabited all round for a circuit of 20 stadia. To the east it has a harbour, and docks capable of containing about thirty vessels ; there is also an acropolis. It was founded by the Milesians. Both this place and the neighbouring settlements on each side of the mouth of the Palus Masotis were for a long period under the monarchical dynasty of Leucon, and Satyrus, and Pairisades, till the latter surrendered the sovereignty to Mithridates. They had the 1 Cape Aia and Cape Keremp. 2 The opposite coasts are not visible from the middle passage.
- The engraving in Pallas shows it to be, as the name implies, a table
mountain, now Tchadir-Dagh, or Tent Mountain. 4 Trebizond. 5 The name seems to be preserved in that of one of the districts near the mountains, Eski-Krim. G. In Prince DemidofTs map it is called Starb'i-Krime. 6 Kertch. " The Sea of Azof. 8 Caffa.
