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But Darius, when he came to that place in his march from Susa where the Bosporus was bridged in the territory of Calchedon, went aboard ship and sailed to the Dark Rocks1 (as they are called), which the Greeks say formerly moved; there, he sat on a headland and viewed the Pontus, a marvellous sight.

1 Rocks (the “Wandering” or “Clashing” Rocks of Greek legend) off the northern end of the Bosporus.

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