ALEXANDRIA TROAS, TENEDOS, MYTILENE, CHESMA, ATTICA, AEGINA, SALAMIS, CORINTH, ARGOS, NAUPLIA.
The weather has calmed down; we weighed anchor, but could not get out of the Dardanelles until morning. I went out on deck very early: we were rounding Cape Sigeisk. To our right, on the European coast, remained Eles-Burun (Cape Ellesy), where in ancient times the famous torod Elles was located; now there are no ruins left; one tomb of Prothesilaus, still in existence, may indicate the mPheto on which he stood. Finally we left the strait. The islands of Imvros and Lemnos were visible opposite the ship itself. We turned sharply to the left and walked towards noon, along the Azlyat coast. Around evening we were near Tenedos, but a complete calm again stopped the ship, and the captain, fearing the proximity of the Rabbit Islands, where there are pitfalls, dropped anchor.
The Hellespont Strait, which we passed through, looks like a wide, majestic river, like a sea. Its waters flow between two, quite significant and elevated, everywhere processed and showing silt; Numerous herds graze on their slope, and shepherds often call out to each other in the stumps with sailors quickly sailing past on their light ships. This should lead to cheerful feelings; but the traveler constantly recalls the saddest events. 9ukydides, Shrodotus and Xenophon described many bloody battles and memorable events that took place on the banks of the Hellespont. Here the Aeinians defeated the Lacedaemonians; there, they themselves were defeated and lost their freedom; Xerxes' and Alexander's armies passed further away. I see the Hellespont, stained with the blood of Persians, Greeks, Venevians and Muslims; but what events will still take place on its shores? Vfroltno, for a long time still sad. Much more time will pass until destruction and peace reign on its lovely shores.
We stood between Tenedos and the coast of Asia, on which it was curious to see the ruins of Alexander's Troy. The calm did not allow us the slightest headway, and I resolved to go ashore. Alexander the Great did not imitate other conquerors: he did not, like them, mark the path of his victories with devastation and ruin, but prudently left upon it monuments, more glorious and durable, erected temples, founded cities, and drew up plans for their future prosperity and greatness. He could not remain in one place for long, and entrusted the execution of his noble intentions to rulers chosen by him: in this he was so fortunate, or, better to say, he knew so well how to choose men worthy of understanding him and serving a great and generous sovereign, that the execution of his will always fell to extraordinary men. Alexandria Troas was one of the eighteen cities that received the name of the glorious conqueror. At first it was called Antigonia, after Antigonus, who founded it by order of Alexander. But Lysimachus, one of Alexander's heirs, to whom it fell, honored it with the name of the great Macedonian sovereign.
Subsequently, Alexandria distinguished itself by its loyalty to the Romans, and for this they gave it advantages equal to those enjoyed by the cities of Italsh. And the Emperor Augustus settled a Roman colony here: this significantly enlarged the city, among others who bore the same name. Only Alexandria of Eginets was great and beautiful.