[888] Il. ii. 676.
[889] Calimno.
[890] Fæcundaque melle Calydna (v. l. Calumne). Ovid. Met. b. viii. ver. 222.
[891] B. ii. c. v. § 31.
[892] The following are the measurements of our author:
| Stadia. | |
| From Rhodes to Issus | 5,000 |
| From Issus to the Caspian Gates | 10,000 |
| From the Caspian Gates to the sources of the Indus | 14,000 |
| From the Indus to the mouth of the Ganges | 13,500 |
| From thence to Thinæ | 2,500 |
| ——— | |
| 45,000 |
[893] Strabo calls the Parthians, Parthyæi; and Parthia, Parthyæa.
[894] The Sea of Azoff.
[895] The Straits of Kertch or Zabache.
[896] The Kur or Kour.