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Μαρώνεια: colonized by Chians (Scymnus Chius, l. 676), famous for its wine (Hom. Od. ix. 197; Plin. xiv. 53 f.), now Maronia.

Ἰσμαρίδα: named after the Ciconian town Ismarus (Od. ix. 40). There is now no lake between Stryme and Maroneia. Ismaris is placed by Kiepert in the marshes west of Maroneia.

Βιστονίδα, named after the Bistones (Scym. Ch. l. 674), is really a lagoon (Buru Gyul) connected with the sea.

Τραῦος: perhaps better Τραῦσος as the inhabitants are Τραῦσοι (v. 4), the Yardymly Dereh.

Κόμψατος: Ael. H. A. xv. 25 Κοσσίνιτος; in the Antonine Itinerary, Cosintus; it now reaches the sea a little west of the Buru Gyul.

Ἄβδηρα: cf. i. 168 n.; usually placed, after Ptolemy, ten miles east of the Nestus, though Scylax (Peripl, 68) and Strabo (331, fr. 46) imply a site just east of the river, as apparently does H. (ch. 126). There are now no ruins near the mouth of the river Nestus (Kara Su).

Θασίων (cf. ch. 118) must be read for the meaningless ἰών, otherwise τὰς is superfluous; cf. Scylax, 68 Οἰσύμη καὶ ἄλλα ἐμπόρια Θασίων.

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