SCYDISES
SCYDISES (
Σκυδίσης), a chain of rugged mountains in the east of Pontus, which was connected in the north with the Moschici Montes on the east, and with Mons Paryadres on the north-west, while in the south-west it was connected with Antitaurus. (
Strab. xi. p.497, xii. p. 548;
Ptol. 5.6.8, where it is called
Σκορδίσκος.) Modern travellers identify it with the
Tshambü Bel (
Wiener Jahrbücher, vol. cv. p. 21.)
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