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... hwest of Athens, named Byzas, prepared to lead his people to establish a colony on the coast of Asia Minor. To choose an ideal location, he consulted the oracle at Delphi and received a cryptic answer: "Build your city opposite the land of the blind."
At first, Byzas did not understand the oracle’s meaning. However, when his ship arrived at Chalcedon on the eastern shore of the Bosporus Strait, he suddenly grasped the oracle’s intent. The geographical position of Chalcedon was so poor—it ...
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