Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

And to this day there are Cimmerian walls in Scythia (region (general)), AsiaScythia, and a Cimmerian ferry, and there is a country Cimmeria [*](The name survives in “ +Krym [34,45] (autonomous republic), Ukraine, Europe Crimea.” The “Cimmerian ferry” is probably the narrow entrance of the Sea of +Azov [39.433,47.1] (inhabited place), Rostov, Rossiya, Russia, Asia Azov.) and a strait named Cimmerian.

Furthermore, it is evident that the Cimmerians in their flight from the Scythians into Asia (continent)Asia also made a colony on the peninsula where the Greek city of +Sinope [35.15,42.0167] (Perseus) Sinope has since been founded; and it is clear that the Scythians pursued them and invaded Media, missing their way;

for the Cimmerians always fled along the coast, and the Scythians pursued with the +Bol'soj Kavkaz [46.833,42] (mountain range), Asia Caucasus on their right until they came into the Median land, turning inland on their way. That is the other story current among Greeks and foreigners alike.