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Ancon (Ankon), a headland and bay, as the name implies, on the coast
of Pontus, east of Amisus. It is mentioned by Valerius Flaccus (iv. 600) in his
Argonautica, after the Iris, as if it were east of the mouth of that river. Apollonius
Rhodius simply speaks of it as a headland (ii. 369). The ancient authorities do
not agree in the distances along this coast (Steph. s. v. Chadisia; Hamilton,
Researches, vol. i. p. 288). The conclusion of Hamilton seems to be the most probable,
that Derbend Bournou, east of Amisus, represents Ancon, as it is the first headland
east of Amisus, and the only place before reaching the mouth of the Iris where
a harbour can exist. He adds, that at the extremity of Derbend Bournou, a small
stream falls into the sea between two precipitous headlands, probably the Chadisius
of the ancients.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited October 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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