Kitap 7
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On sailing into the Kimmerian Bosporus,Azof. on the left hand is Myrmecium,Yenikaleh. a small city, 20 stadia from Panticapaeum, and 40 stadia from Parthenium;Kazandib. it is a village where is the narrowest entrance into the lake, about 20 stadia in breadth; opposite to it is a village situated in Asia, called Achilleum. Thence to the Don, and to the island at its mouths, is a voyage in a direct line of 2200 stadia. The distance is somewhat greater if the voyage is performed along the coast of Asia, but taking the left-hand side, (in which direction the isthmus of the Chersonese is fallen in with,) the distance is more than tripled. This latter course is along the desert shore of Europe, but the Asiatic side is not without inhabitants. The whole circumference of the lake is 9000 stadia.
