Book 12
3.3
It is generally acknowledged by writers, that the Bithynians, who were formerly Mysians, received this name from Bithynians and Thyni, Thracian people, who came and settled among them. They advance as a proof of their statement, first as regards the Bithynians, that there still exists in Thrace a people called Bithynians, and then, as regards the Thyni, that the sea-shore, near ApolloniaSizeboli, south of the Gulf of Burgas. and Salmydessus,Midjeh. is called Thynias. The Bebryces, who preceded them as settlers in Mysia, were, as I conjecture, Thracians. We have saidB. vii. c. iii. § 2. that the Mysians themselves were a colony of those Thracians who are now called Maesi.
3.3
Such is the account given of these people.
3.4
There is not, however, the same agreement among writers with regard to the Mariandyni, and the Caucones. For they say that Heracleia is situated among the Mariandyni, and was founded by Milesians.Kramer is of opinion that Strabo is mistaken in this account of the origin of Heracleia. But who they are, or whence they came, nothing is said. There is no difference in language, nor any other apparent national distinction between them and the Bithynians, whom they resemble in all respects. It is probable therefore the Mariandyni were a Thracian tribe.
