Myrmecium

MYRME´CIUM(Μυρμήκιον, Strab. 11. p. 494; Pomp. Mela, 2.1.3; Plin. Nat. 4.26; Anon. Peripl. p. 4; Steph. B.; Jornand. Get. 5), a Milesian colony on the Cimmerian Bosporus, 20 stadia N. of Panticapaeum. (Strab. 7. p. 310.) Near the town was a promontory of the same name. (Ptol. 3.6.4; Leo Diac. 9.6.) It is the modern Yenikaléor Jenikalé, where many ancient remains have been found. (Clarke, Trav. vol. ii. pp. 98, 102; Dubois de Montpereux, Voyage au Caucase, vol. 5. p. 231.)