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4.7
On the right, which is the south side, extend the cliffs of Rhodope, and where the morning star rises it is bounded by the strait which flows with an abundance of water from the Euxine, and going on with alternating current to the Aegaean, opens a narrow cleftThe Thracian Bosphorus, separating Europe (Thrace) from Asia (Mysia). It has a central surface-current flowing from the Euxine, and a deeper one, and also alongshore currents, flowing towards the Euxine. between the lands.
4.8
But on the eastern corner the land is connected with the frontiers of Macedonia by a steep and narrow pass, which is called Acontisma.Cf. xxvi. 7, 12. Next to this is the postingstation of Arethusa, in which is to be seen the tomb of Euripides,Pliny, N. H. xxxi. 28. noted for his lofty tragedies, and Stagira, known as the birthplace of Aristotle, who, as Cicero says,Acad. ii. 38, 119. poured forth a golden stream.
4.9
These regions also were occupied in former times by barbarians, who differed from one another in customs and language. Of these the Odrysae are noted for their savage cruelty beyond all others, being so habituated to the shedding of human blood that when there were no enemies at hand, at their feasts, after a satiety of food and drink they plunged the sword into the bodies of their own countrymen, as if they were those of foreigners.
