Histories

This country is called +Sithonia (peninsula), Chalcidice, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Sithonia. The fleet held a straight course from the headland of Ampelus to the Canastraean headland, where +Pallene [23.8833,38.05] (Perseus) Pallene runs farthest out to sea, and received ships and men from the towns of what is now +Pallene [23.8833,38.05] (Perseus) Pallene but was formerly called Phlegra, namely, +Potidaea (deserted settlement), Chalcidice, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Potidaea, Aphytis, +Kavala [24.416,40.933] (inhabited place), Kavalla, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Neapolis, Aege, Therambus, +Scione [23.55,39.95] (Perseus) Scione, Mende, and Sane.

Sailing along this coast they made for the appointed place, taking troops from the towns adjacent to +Pallene [23.8833,38.05] (Perseus) Pallene and near the Thermaic gulf, of which the names are Lipaxus, Combrea, Aesa, Gigonus, Campsa, +Smela [31.9,49.25] (inhabited place), Cerkassy, Ukraine, Europe Smila, Aenea; the territory of these cities is called Crossaea to this day.

From Aenea, the last-named in my list of the towns, the course of the fleet lay from the Thermaic gulf itself and the Mygdonian territory until its voyage ended at +Thessaloniki [22.933,40.633] (inhabited place), Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe Therma, the place appointed, and the towns of Sindus and Chalestra, where it came to the river +Vardar [22.833,40.583] (river), Europe Axius; this is the boundary, between the Mygdonian and the Bottiaean territory, in which are located the towns of Ichnae and +Pella [22.5333,40.7583] (Perseus) Pella on the narrow strip of coast.