[836] As Niese remarks, it is natural that in a “περίπλους” such as that of the Argonauts Sestos and Abydos, on opposite sides of the Hellespont, should be joined together, but not that in a geographical list they should be put under the same ruler. Sestos on the N. shore must have belonged to the Thracians (844). Acc. to Schol. B, however, Sestos was awarded to Abydos in a dispute with Athens on the authority of this line. The other towns are on the S. shore.