Book 17
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The rest of the sea-coast of Cyrene from Apollonia to Catabathmus is 2200 stadia in length; it does not throughout afford facilities for coasting along it; for harbours, anchorage, habitations, and watering-places are few. The places most in repute along the coast are the Naustathmus,Marsa-al-Halal or Al Natroun. and Zephyrium with an anchorage, also another Zephyrium, and a promontory called Chersonesus,Ras-al-Tyn. with a harbour situated opposite to and to the south of CorycusGrabusa. in Crete, at the distance of 2500 stadia; then a temple of Hercules, and above it a village Paliurus; then a harbour Menelaus, and a low promontory Ardanixis, (Ardanis,)Ras-el-Milhr. with an anchorage; then a great harbour, which is situated opposite to Chersonesus in Crete, at a distance of about 3000 (2000 ?) stadia; for the whole of Crete, which is (a) long and narrow (island), lies opposite and nearly parallel to this coast. After the great harbour is another harbour, Plynos, and about it Tetra-pyrgia (the four towers). The place is called Catabathmus.Marsa Sollom, or Akabet-el-Kebira, the present boundary of Tripoli and Egypt. Cyrenaea extends to this point; the remainder (of the coast) to Paraetonium,Baretoun or Berek Marsa. and from thence to Alexandreia, we have spoken of in our account of Egypt.Kramer’s reading of this passage is followed.
