And there are at the present time in the land of Scythia Cimmerian walls, and a Cimmerian ferry; and there is also a region which is called Cimmeria, and the so-called Cimmerian Bosphorus. It is known moreover that the Cimmerians, in their flight to Asia from the Scythians, also made a settlement on that peninsula on which now stands the Hellenic city of Sinope; and it is known too that the Scythians pursued them and invaded the land of Media, having missed their way; for while the Cimmerians kept ever along by the sea in their flight, the Scythians pursued them keeping Caucasus on their right hand, until at last they invaded Media, directing their course inland. This then which has been told is another story, and it is common both to Hellenes and Barbarians.