Book 12
4.2
Next follows the coast of the Chalcedonians, the bay of Astacus,G. of Ismid. as it is called, which is a part of the Propontis.
4.2
Here NicomediaIsmid or Iskimid. is situated, bearing the name of one of the Bithynian kings by whom it was founded. Many kings however have taken the same name, as the Ptolemies, on account of the fame of the first person who bore it.
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On the same bay was Astacus a city founded by Megareans and Athenians; it was afterwards again colonized by Doedalsus. The bay had its name from the city. It was razed by Lysimachus. The founder of Nicomedia transferred its inhabitants to the latter city.
