Chap. 13 (12.) — The Islands of the Euxine
The islands of the Euxine are the Planctæ or Cyaneæ,198 otherwise called Symplegades, and Apollonia, surnamed Thynias,199 to distinguish it from the island of that name200 in Europe; it is four miles in circumference, and one mile distant from the mainland. Opposite to Pharnacea201 is Chalceritis, to which the Greeks have given the name of Aria,202 and consecrated it to Mars; here, they say, there were birds that used to attack strangers with blows of their wings.