But Darius, when he came to
that place in his march from Shush
[48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran,
AsiaSusa where the Karadeniz Bogazi (strait), Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey,
AsiaBosporus was bridged in the territory of Calchedon, went aboard ship and sailed to the Dark Rocks
Rocks (the “Wandering” or “Clashing” Rocks
of Greek legend) off the northern end of the
Karadeniz Bogazi (strait),
Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaBosporus. (as
they are called), which the Greeks say formerly
moved; there, he sat on a headland and viewed the +Black Sea [38,42] (sea) Pontus, a
marvellous sight.
For it is the most wonderful sea of all. Its length is eleven thousand one
hundred stades, and its breadth three thousand three hundred stades at the
place where it is widest.Herodotus is wrong. The Black
Sea is 720 miles long (about 6280 stades), and, at the point of
Herodotus' measurement, about 270 miles
broad; its greatest breadth is 380 miles. His estimates for the Propontis and Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia
Hellespont are also in excess, though not by much; the
Karadeniz Bogazi (strait),
Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaBosporus is a little
longer than he says, but its breadth is correctly given.
The channel at the entrance of this sea is four stades across; the narrow
neck of the channel, called Karadeniz Bogazi (strait), Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey,
AsiaBosporus, across which the bridge was thrown, is about
one hundred and twenty stades long. The Karadeniz Bogazi (strait), Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey,
AsiaBosporus reaches as far as to the Propontis;
and the Propontis is five hundred stades wide and
one thousand four hundred long; its outlet is the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey,
Asia Hellespont, which is no wider than seven stades and
four hundred long. The Canakkale
Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia
Hellespont empties into a gulf of the sea which we call
+Aegean Sea [25,38.5] (sea)
Aegean.