CHAP. 44.—THE ISLANDS OF THE PROPONTIS.
The islands of the Propontis are, before Cyzicus, Elaphonnesus[4354], from whence comes the Cyzican marble; it is also known by the names of Neuris and Proconnesus. Next come Ophiussa[4355], Acanthus, Phœbe, Scopelos, Porphyrione, Halone[4356], with a city of that name, Delphacia, Polydora, and Artaceon, with its city. There is also, opposite to Nicomedia, Demonnesos[4357]; and, beyond Heraclea, and opposite to Bithynia, the island of Thynias, by the barbarians called Bithynia; the island of Antiochia: and, at the mouth of the Rhyndacus, Besbicos[4358], eighteen miles in circumference; the islands also of Elæa, the two called Rhodussæ, and those of Erebinthus[4359], Megale, Chalcitis[4360], and Pityodes[4361].
Summary.—Towns and nations spoken of ****. Noted rivers ****. Famous mountains ****. Islands, 118 in number. People or towns no longer in existence ****. Remarkable events, narratives, and observations ****.
Roman Authors quoted.—Agrippa[4362], Suetonius Paulinus[4363], M. Varro[4364], Varro Atacinus[4365], Cornelius Nepos[4366], Hyginus[4367], L. Vetus[4368], Mela[4369], Domitius Corbulo[4370], Licinius Mucianus[4371], Claudius Cæsar[4372], Arruntius[4373], Livius the Son[4374], Sebosus[4375], the Register of the Triumphs[4376].
Foreign Authors quoted.—King Juba[4377], Hecatæus[4378], Hellanicus[4379], Damastes[4380], Dicæarchus[4381], Bæton[4382], Timosthenes[4383], Philonides[4384], Zenagoras[4385], Astynomus[4386], Staphylus[4387], Aristoteles[4388], Aristocritus[4389], Dionysius[4390], Ephorus[4391], Eratosthenes[4392], Hipparchus[4393], Panætius[4394], Serapion[4395] of Antioch, Callimachus[4396], Agathocles[4397], Polybius[4398], Timæus[4399] the mathematician, Herodotus[4400], Myrsilus[4401], Alexander Polyhistor[4402], Metrodorus[4403], Posidonius[4404], who wrote the Periplus and the Periegesis, Sotades[4405], Periander[4406], Aristarchus[4407] of Sicyon, Eudoxus[4408], Antigenes[4409], Callicrates[4410], Xenophon[4411] of Lampsacus, Diodorus[4412] of Syracuse, Hanno[4413], Himilco[4414], Nymphodorus[4415], Calliphanes[4416], Artemidorus[4417], Megasthenes[4418], Isidorus[4419], Cleobulus[4420], and Aristocreon[4421].
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