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[8] ὅτι δ᾽ ἦν κατοικία Μυσῶν ἡ Βιθυνία πρῶτον μαρτυρήσει Σκύλαξ ὁ Καρυανδεὺς φήσας περιοικεῖν τὴν Ἀσκανίαν λίμνην Φρύγας καὶ Μυσούς, ἔπειτα Διονύσιος ὁ τὰς κτίσεις συγγράψας, ὃς τὰ κατὰ [p. 795] Χαλκηδόνα καὶ Βυζάντιον στενά, ἃ νῦν Θρᾴκιος Βόσπορος καλεῖται, πρότερόν φησι Μύσιον Βόσπορον προσαγορεύεσθαι: τοῦτο δ᾽ ἄν τις καὶ τοῦ Θρᾷκας εἶναι τοὺς Μυσοὺς μαρτύριον θείη: ὅ τε Εὐφορίων “ Μυσοῖο παρ᾽ ὕδασιν Ἀσκανίοιο
” λέγων, καὶ ὁ Αἰτωλὸς Ἀλέξανδρος “ οἳ καὶ ἐπ᾽ Ἀσκανίων δώματ᾽ ἔχουσι ῥοῶν
λίμνης Ἀσκανίης ἐπὶ χείλεσιν, ἔνθα Δολίων
υἱὸς Σιληνοῦ νάσσατο καὶ Μελίης
” τὸ αὐτὸ ἐκμαρτυροῦσιν, οὐδαμοῦ τῆς Ἀσκανίας λίμνης εὑρισκομένης ἀλλ᾽ ἐνταῦθα μόνον.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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