1 Towns in the peninsula of Pallenê, in Chalcidicê. Weather conditions would determine which port should be entered.
2 The modern Dnieper.
3 This was a place, called Hieron from a temple of Zeus, at the entrance to the Thracian Bosporus on the Asiatic side.
4 About the middle of September. This was considered a perilous season for navigation; hence the higher rate of interest.
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