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On the left in sailing out of the bay [Carcinites] there is a small town and another harbour2723 belonging to the people of the Chersonese; for in coasting along the bay, there projects towards the south a large promontory, which is a part of the great Chersonese. Upon it stands a city of the Heracleotæ, who are a colony from Heraclea2724 in the Euxine; it bears the same name, Chersonesus, as the territory. It is distant from the Dniester,2725 in following the coast, 4400 stadia. In this city is a temple of the Virgin, some goddess,2726 after whom the promontory, which is in front of the city, at the distance of 100 stadia, is called Parthenium. It has a shrine of the goddess and a statue. Between the city2727 and the promontory are three harbours; next is the old city Chersonesus in ruins; then follows a harbour with a narrow entrance. It was called Symbolon Limen, or Signal Harbour; and here principally was carried on a system of piracy against those who took refuge in the ports. This, together with another harbour, called Ctenus,2728 forms an isthmus of 40 stadia in extent. This isthmus locks in the Smaller Chersonesus, which we said was a part of the Great Chersonesus, having on it a city of the same name.