The Periplus, or circumnavigation of the
Euxine Sea, was described in Latin by Sallust, and in Greek
by Arrian:
I. The former work, which no longer exists, has been restored by the singular diligence of M. de Brosses,
first president of the parliament of Dijon, (Hist. de la
Republique Romaine, tom. ii. l. iii. p. 199 - 298,) who
ventures to assume the character of the Roman historian.
His description of the Euxine is ingeniously formed of all
the fragments of the original, and of all the Greeks and
Latins whom Sallust might copy, or by whom he might be
copied; and the merit of the execution atones for the
whimsical design.
2. The Periplus of Arrian is addressed to
the emperor Hadrian, (in Geograph. Minor. Hudson, tom. i.,)
and contains whatever the governor of Pontus had seen from
Trebizond to Dioscurias; whatever he had heard from
Dioscurias to the Danube; and whatever he knew from the
Danube to Trebizond.