but when he came upon the bosporus he understood on the opposite eastern shore was a greek city chalcedon whose founders were said to have overlooked the superior location only k away.
but when he came upon the bosporus he realized what it meant on the asiatic shore was a greek city chalcedon. it was they who must have been blind because they had not seen that obviously superior land was just a half mile away on the other side of the bosporus.