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συντάμνων (sc. τὴν ὁδόν) (cf. v. 41. 2), ‘taking the shortest way’; cf. τὰ σύντομα τῆς ὁδοῦ, i. 185. 7.

Καναστραῖον ἄκρην: Cape Paliuri, the promontory in which Pallene ends; Scylax, 67; cf. Thuc. iv. 110; Liv. xxxi. 45.

τό: referring loosely to ἄκρην; cf. iv. 23. 3; v. 92 a.

Ποτιδείης ... Θεράμβω. On the east side of Pallene, on the Gulf of Torone; only Potidaea on the Isthmus also had a harbour on the Thermaic gulf, and was of importance (Thuc. i. 56 f.). Aphytis is Phormio's base against Potidaea (Thuc. i. 64).

Θεράμβω. On Attic tribute lists Θράμβαιοι is often coupled with Scione (cf. C. I. A. i. 227, 229, 237).

Σκιώνης ... Σάνης: cf. Strabo 330, fr. 27; on the west side of the peninsula. Scione, a colony from Pellene in Achaia (Thuc. iv. 120), and Mende, an Eretrian colony just east of Cape Posideum (Thuc. iv. 123, 129), both suffered greatly in the Peloponnesian war (Thuc. iv. 130 f.; v. 32). On Sane cf. ch. 22. 3.

καλεομένην: i.e. in epic it was taken as the site of the battle between the gods and the giants, Φλέγρα being connected with φλέγειν, as were the Campi Phlegraei in Campania (Polyb. iii. 91. 7), and for the same reason, the volcanic character of the country.

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