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Book III, Chapter 6

Location of the Tauric peninsula
(from the Eighth Map of Europe)

Thayer's Note: Stevenson's "translation" of Ptolemy, to which this page belongs, is abysmally bad. It should not be used for any serious purpose. For details and correctives, see my Ptolemy homepage.

The Tauric peninsula is bounded by the isthmus which extends from the Carcenites bay to Lake Byce, then by the coast of the Pontus Euxinus, of the Cimmerian Bosphorus, and of Lake Maeotis, a description of which coasts is the following:

Next, after the isthmus, which is near the Carcenites river flowing into the Pontus:

Eupatoria town 60*45 47°40
Dandace 60*45 47°20
Symbolon harbor 61*00 47°15
Parthenium promontory 60*40 47°00
Chersonesus 61*00 47°00
Ctenus harbor 61*15 47°10
Criumetopon promontory 62*00 46°40
Charax 62*00 46°50
Lagyra 62*30 47°00
Corax promontory 63*00 47°00
mouth of the Istrianus river 63*10 47°10
Theodosia 63*20 47°20
Nymphaeum 63*45 47°30

On the Cimmerian Bosporus:

Tyrictace 63*30 47°40
Panticapaea 64*00 47°55
Myrmecium promontory 64*00 48°30

On Lake Maeotis:

Parthenium 63*45 48°30
the Chersonesus of Zeno 63*00 48°45
Heracleum 62*00 48°30

Inland towns which are in the Tauric peninusla:

Taphrus 60*40 48°15
Tarona 62*20 48°15
Postigia 63*00 48°15
Parosta 61*30 48°10
Cimmerium 62*00 48°00
Portacra 61*50 47°40
Boeon 62*50 47°45
Iluratum 63*20 47°45
Satarche 61*15 47°20
Badatium 61*30 47°30
Cytaeum 62*15 47°30
Tazus 62*40 47°30
Argoda 61*45 47°15
Tabana 62*20 47°15

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