SYRIAS
SYRIAS (
Συριάς), a headland in the Euxine, on the coast of Paphlagonia, which, to distinguish it from, the larger promontory of Carambis in its vicinity, was also called
ἄκρα λεπτή. (Marcian, p. 72; Arrian,
Peripl. P. E. p. 15; Anonym.
Persipl. P. E. p. 7.) Its modern name is
Cape Indje. [
L.S]