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- ↑ Homer. Iliad . Vol. 2.855.
- ↑ Strabo. Geographica . Vol. xi. p.545. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon 's edition.
- ↑ Arrian, Periplus of the Euxine Sea, § 20
- ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press. p. 86, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Erythini". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.
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