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ἔστι γὰρ τῆς Σκυθικῆς. This does not mean that Scythia is washed on one side by the Black Sea, on the other by the Palus Maeotis (as is often held, e. g. by Macan, ii. 17); but that its projection, the Tauric peninsula, has sea both on south and east. This is rendered probable by the words κατά περ τῆς Ἀττικῆς, and proved by the fact that H. always calls the P. Maeotis λίμνη (100. 1 n.), not θάλασσα.

γουνόν, ‘high ground’; H. (§ 4) recognizes that the Crimea is much larger than Attica (μᾶλλον ἀνέχοντα).

ἀπὸ Θορικοῦ. Thoricus and Anaphlystus were the fortresses that protected the Laurian mines.

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