We passed by the rivers Perkota and Praktil, which are now near Turokh Burgas-su and Mussa-Kev-su; this is also on the Azlyat coast; on the right side, on the European coast, we had Egos, now Kara Ova-su, where the Battle of the Rivers put an end to the Peloponnesian War. On the Euroneuian coast there are three small bays: the first from Pronontis "The Turks call Ak-Bashi-Liman ('the pier of the white head); this is the ancient pier of Sestos. On the mountains, near the bay, the ruins of the Zemenik fortress are visible; this is the first place that the Turks took possession of when crossing from Azai to Europe; under the command of Sultan Orkan, in 4356.
Strabo says that Xerxes built a bridge for his army from Sestos to Avidos. The sweet feat of Leander, praised by the Museum and other ancient poets, seems like a joke to the ordinary modern inhabitants of the Dardanelles shores. Just recently they saw Jew, who in the same place swam across the strait, because his beloved lady did not want to go for him otherwise.
Who doesn’t know that Lord Byron swam right across the Dardanelles, simply out of goodwill, and just wanting to show off!
The second bay was anciently called Koylos, due to its depth: it is now called the same, but slightly spoiled by the name of Koyle; residents pronounce Kima. Inside the third bay there is the village of Maito, where the Greeks live, on the ruins of ancient Maitidos. here the Aeinians won a famous victory over the Lacedaemonians and erected a trochae on the Hecubine tomb. Higher up, Sultanye-Kalesi juts out from the Azlyat coast, and quite far away is a cape called Nagari-Burunz by the Turks. There are many ruins on its banks; It probably belongs to the ancient Chvidos, because the distance from Cape Kepos-Burun is Cape Borodobrev) to Nagara Burun, the same one that Strabo appoints between Dardanus and Avidos. The same writer says that Kinosema, or the tomb of Hecuba, stood opposite the Rod1usa river, which had fallen into the sea, on the opposite bank of the Hellespont. M5etveya, in the present day, is the European castle of Kelidir-Bagar (the lock or key of the sea). Rodlus, after Simois, is the most significant of the streams flowing into the Hellespont: it is fast and radiating, carrying with it stones and sand, so that they are sometimes forced to protect the Turkish fortress from it with dams on the Azatek coast, under which it is undermined. That is why Omir in Ilad said that Part G. 24 Neptune connected its waters with Simois and other rivers flowing from Ida in order to destroy the Greek trenches.
On Cape Kepos-Burun, in ancient times, the city of Dardanus, famous for the peace treaty signed in it by Sulla and Matridates Eupator ().
Around midday, when we sailed a little further, almost in the narrowest part of the strait, a strong wind blew against us, so that the ship could not tack. The captain decided to drop anchor near the Asian castle itself; this occasion gave me the opportunity to examine the Troyan Valley and the place of the ancient Path. The captain's comrade, myself, my translator and four sailors went ashore. We agreed that I would stay overnight on the shore, with an interpreter and one sailor, and the next day the boat would come for me. The captain's comrade was sailing for firewood. We safely came ashore at) Shrabon, Kass, ki. 15, pp. 889.