Histories

The Tearus is said by those living on it to be the best river of all for purposes of healing, especially for healing mange in men and horses. Its springs are thirty-eight in number, some cold and some hot, all flowing from the same rock.

There are two roads to the place, one from the town of Heraeum near Perinthus, one from +Apollonia [14.5833,38.0167] (Perseus) Apollonia on the Black Sea [38,42] (sea)Euxine sea; each is a two days' journey. This Tearus is a tributary of the Contadesdus river, and that of the Agrianes, and that of the +Maritsa [26.2,40.866] (river), Europe Hebrus, which empties into the sea near the city of Enez [26.83,40.733] (inhabited place), Edirne, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaAenus.