MELINO´PHAGI
Eth.
MELINO´PHAGI (Eth.
Μελινοφάγοι), a people of Thrace upon the coast of the Euxine, near Salmydessus. (
Xen. Anab. 7.5. 12 ; Theopomp. ap.
Steph. B. sub voce They are, perhaps. the same people as the Asti (
Ἀστοί) whom Strabo places in the same neighbourhood (vii. pp. 319, 320).