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Melaena (Melaina). A promontory of Ionia, forming the north-western
point of the peninsula which is traversed by Mount Mimas. It was celebrated in
ancient times for its quarries of millstones. (Strab. xiv. p. 645.) It is possible
that this promontory, which is now called Kara-Burun (the Black Cape), may be
the same as the one called by Pliny (v. 31) Corynaeum Promontorium, from the town
of Coryne, situated at the southern extremity of Mount Mimas
Βουνό της Ιωνίας (Παυσ. 5,7,5).
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Χερσόνησος απέναντι από τη Χίο (Παυσ. 7,4,1).
Mimas (ho Mimas), a mountain range in Ionia, traversing the peninsula
of Erythrae from south to north. It still bears its ancient name, under which
it is mentioned in the Odyssey (iii. 172.) It is, properly speaking, only a branch
of Mount Tmolus, and was celebrated in ancient times for its abundance of wood
and game (Strab. xiv. pp. 613, 645.) The neck at the south-western extremity of
the peninsula formed by Mount Mimas, a little to the north of Teos, is only about
7 Roman miles broad, and Alexander the Great intended to cut a canal through the
isthmus, so as to connect the Caystrian and Hermaean bays; but it was one of the
few undertakings in which he did not succeed. (Plin. v. 31; Paus. ii. 1. § 5;
comp. vii. 4. § 1; Thucyd. viii. 34; Ov. Met. ii. 222; Amm. Marc. xxxi. 42; Callim.
Hymn. in Del. 157; Sil. Ital. ii. 494.)
Mount Mimas forms three promontories in the peninsula; in the south
Coryceum (Koraka or Kurko), in the west Argennum (Cape Blanco), and in the north
Melaena (Kara Burnu). Chandler (Travels, p. 213) describes the shores of Mount
Mimas as covered with pines and shrubs, and garnished with flowers. He passed
many small pleasant spots, well watered, and green with corn or with myrtles and
shrubs. The summit of the mountain commands a magnificent view, extending over
the bays of Smyrna, Clazomenae, and Erythrae, the islands of Samos, Chios, and
several others.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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