Tomos

, or Tomi , a town situate on the western shore of the Euxine sea, about 36 miles from the mouth of the Danube. The word is derived from τεμνω , seco , because Medea, as it is said, cut to pieces the body of her brother Absyrtus there. It is celebrated as being the place where Ovid was banished by August us. Tomos was the capital of Lower Mœsia, founded by a Milesian colony, B.C. 633.— Strabo , bk. 7 .— Apollo dor us , bk. 1 , ch. 9 .— Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 2 .— Ovid , ex Ponto , bk. 4 , poem 14, li. 59 ; Tristia , bk. 3 , poem 9, li. 33 , .