Symbolon Portus
Συμθόλων λιμήν
Symbolon Portus (Συμθόλων λιμήν, Ptol. 3.6.2; Συμβύλου λιμήν, Arrian, Per. Pont. Eux. p. 20), a harbour with a narrow entrance on the S. coast of the Chersonesus Taurica, between the town of Chersonesus and the port of Cienus. In ancient times it was the chief station for the pirates of the Tauric peninsula. (Strab. vii. p.309; Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 26; Anon. Per. Pont. Eux. p. 6.) Now the port of Balaklava. (Comp. Clarke's Travels, ii. p. 398; Pallas, ii. p. 128.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.