LIBER V · CAPUT 30
ÆOLIS
Latine · Mayhoff 1906
Aeolis proxima est, quondam Mysia appellata, et quae Hellesponto adiacet Troas. ibi a Phocaea Ascanius portus. dein fuerat Larisa, sunt Cyme, Myrina quae Sebastopolim se vocat, et intus Aegaeae, Itale, Posidea, Neon Tichos, Temnos. in ora autem Titanus annnis et civitas ab eo cognominata — fuit et Grynia, nunc tantum portus, olim insula adprehensa —, oppidum Elaea et ex Mysia veniens Caicus amnis, oppidum Pitane, Canaitis amnis. intercidere Canae, Lysimachea, Atarnea, Carene, Cisthene, Cilla, Cocylium, Thebe, Astyre, Chrysa, Palaescepsis, Gergitha, Neandros; nunc est Perperene civitas, Heracleotes tractus, Coryphas oppidum, amnes Grylios, Ollius, regio Aphrodisias quae antea Politice Orgas, regio Scepsis, flumen Euenum, cuius in ripis intercidere Lyrnesos, Miletos. in hoc tractu Ide mons et in ora, quae sinum cognominavit et conventum, Adramytteos, olim Pedasus dicta, flumina Astron, Cormalos, Crianos, Alabastros, Hieros ex Ida; intus mons Gargara eodemque nomine oppidum. rursus in litore Antandros, Edonis prius vocata, dein Cimmeris, Assos, eadem Apollonia — fuit et Palamedium oppidum —, promunturium Lectum disterminans Aeolida et Troada. fuit et Polymedia civitas, Chrysa et Larisa alia. Zminthium templum durat. intus Colone intercidit. deportant Adramytteum negotia Apolloniatae a Rhyndaco amne, Eresi, Miletopolitae, Poemaneni, Macedones Asculacae, Polichnaei, Pionitae, Cilices Mandacandeni, Mysi Abretteni et Hellespontii appellati et alii ignobiles.
Troadis primus locus Hamaxitus, dein Cebrenia ipsaque Troas, Antigonia dicta, nunc Alexandria colonia Romana, oppidum Nee, Scamander amnis navigabilis et in promunturio quondam Sigeum oppidum; dein portus Achaeorum, in quem influit Xanthus Simoenti iunctus stagnumque prius faciens Palaescamander; ceteri Homero celebrati, Rhesus, Heptaporus, Caresus, Rhodius, vestigia non habent. Granicus diverso tractu in Propontida fluit. est tamen, ut prius, Scamandria civitas parva ac MM.D p. remotum a portu Ilium immune, unde omnis rerum claritas. extra sinum sunt Rhoetea litora, Rhoeteo et Dardanio et Arisbe oppidis habitata. fuit et Achilleon oppidum, iuxta tumulum Achillis conditum a Mytilenaeis et mox Atheniensibus, ubi classis eius steterat in Sigeo. fuit et Aeantion, a Rhodiis conditum in altero cornu, Aiace ibi sepulto XXX stadiorum intervallo a Sigeo, et ipso in statione classis suae. supra Aeolida et partem Troadis in mediterraneo est quae vocatur Teuthrania, quam Mysi antiquitus tenuere. ibi Caicus amnis iam dictus oritur. gens ampla per se, etiam cum totum Mysia appellaretur. in ea Pioniae, Andera, Idale, Stabulum, Conisium, Teium, Balce, Tiare, Teuthranie, Sarnaca, Haliserne, Lycide, Parthenium, Cambre, Oxyopum, Lygdamum, Apollonia longeque clarissimum Asiae Pergamum, quod intermeat Selinus, praefluit Cetius profusus Pindaso monte. abest haud procul Elaea, quam in litore diximus. Pergamena vocatur eius tractus iurisdictio. ad eam conveniunt Thyatireni, Mossyni, Mygdones, Bregmeni, Hierocometae, Perpereni, Tiareni, Hierolophienses, Hermocapelitae, Attalenses, Panteenses, Apollonidienses aliaeque inhonorae civitates. a Rhoeteo Dardanium oppidum parvum abest stadia LXX. inde XVIII promunturium Trapeza, unde primum concitat se Hellespontus.
Ex Asia interisse gentes tradit Eratosthenes Solymorum, Lelegum, Bebrycum, Colycantiorum, Tripsedorum, Isidorus Arieneos et Capreatas, ubi sit Apamea condita a Seleuco rege inter Ciliciam, Cappadociam, Cataoniam, Armeniam, et quoniam ferocissimas gentes domuisset, initio Dameam vocatam.
English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57
Æolis comes next, formerly known as Mysia, and Troas which is adjacent to the Hellespont. Here, after passing Phocæa, we come to the Ascanian Port, then the spot where Larissa stood, and then Cyme, Myrina, also called Sebastopolis, and in the interior, Ægæ, Attalia, Posidea, Neontichos, and Temnos. Upon the shore we come to the river Titanus, and the city which from it derives its name. Grynia also stood here on an island reclaimed from the sea and joined to the land: now only its harbours are left. We then come to the town of Elæa, the river Caïcus, which flows from Mysia, the town of Pitane, and the river Canaïus. The following towns no longer exist—Canæ, Lysimachia, Atarnea, Carene, Cisthene, Cilla, Cocylium, Theba, Astyre, Chrysa, Palæscepsis, Gergitha, and Neandros. We then come to the city of Perperene, which still survives, the district of Heracleotes, the town of Coryphas, the rivers Grylios and Ollius, the region of Aphrodisias, which formerly had the name of Politice Orgas, the district of Scepsis, and the river Evenus, on whose banks the towns of Lyrnesos and Miletos have fallen to decay. In this district also is Mount Ida, and on the coast Adramytteos, formerly called Pedasus, which gives its name to the gulf and the jurisdiction so called. The other rivers are the Astron, Cormalos, Crianos, Alabastros, and Hieros, flowing from Mount Ida: in the interior is Mount Gargara, with a town of the same name. Again, on the coast we meet with Antandros, formerly called Edonis, and after that Cimmeris and Assos, also called Apollonia. The town of Palamedium also formerly stood here. The Promontory of Lecton separates Æolis from Troas. In Æolis there was formerly the city of Polymedia, as also Chrysa, and a second Larissa. The temple of Smintheus is still standing; Colone in the interior has perished. To Adramyttium resort upon matters of legal business the Apolloniatæ, whose town is on the river Rhyndacus, the Erizii, the Miletopolitæ, the Pœmaneni, the Macedonian Asculacæ, the Polichnæi, the Pionitæ, the Cilician Mandacadeni, and, in Mysia, the Abrettini, the people known as the Hellespontii, and others of less note.
The first place in Troas is Hamaxitus, then Cebrenia, and then Troas itself, formerly called Antigonia, and now Alexandria, a Roman colony. We then come to the town of Nee, the Scamander, a navigable river, and the spot where in former times the town of Sigeum stood, upon a promontory. We next come to the Port of the Achæans, into which the Xanthus flows after its union with the Simois, and forms the Palæscamander, which was formerly a lake. The other rivers, rendered famous by Homer, namely, the Rhesus, the Heptaporus, the Caresus, and the Rhodius, have left no vestiges of their existence. The Granicus, taking a different route, flows into the Propontis. The small city of Scamandria, however, still exists, and, at a distance of a mile and a half from its harbour, Ilium, a place exempt from tribute, the fountain-head of universal fame. Beyond the gulf are the shores of Rhœteum, peopled by the towns of Rhœteum, Dardanium, and Arisbe. There was also in former times a town of Achilleon, founded near the tomb of Achilles by the people of Mitylene, and afterwards rebuilt by the Athenians, close to the spot where his fleet had been stationed near Sigeum. There was also the town of Æantion, founded by the Rhodians upon the opposite point, near the tomb of Ajax, at a distance of thirty stadia from Sigeum, near the spot where his fleet was stationed. Above Æolis and part of Troas, in the interior, is the place called Teuthrania, inhabited in ancient times by the Mysians. Here rises the river Caïcus already mentioned. Teuthrania was a powerful nation in itself, even when the whole of Æolis was held by the Mysians. In it are the Pioniæ, Andera, Cale, Stabulum, Conisium, Teium, Balcea, Tiare, Teuthranie, Sarnaca, Haliserne, Lycide, Parthenium, Thymbre, Oxyopum, Lygdamum, Apollonia, and Pergamum, by far the most famous city in Asia, and through which the river Selinus runs; the Cetius, which rises in Mount Pindasus, flowing before it. Not far from it is Elæa, which we have mentioned as situate on the sea-shore. The jurisdiction of this district is called that of Pergamus; to it resort the Thyatireni, the Mosyni, the Mygdones, the Bregmeni, the Hierocometæ, the Perpereni, the Tiareni, the Hierolophienses, the Hermocapelitæ, the Attalenses, the Panteenses, the Apollonidienses, and some other states unknown to fame. The little town of Dardanum is distant from Rhœteum seventy stadia. Eighteen miles thence is the Promontory of Trapeza, from which spot the Hellespont first commences its course.
Eratosthenes tells us that in Asia there have perished the nations of the Solymi, the Leleges, the Bebryces, the Colycantii, and the Tripsedri. Isidorus adds to these the Arimi, as also the Capretæ, settled on the spot where Apamea stands, which was founded by King Seleucus, between Cilicia, Cappadocia, Cataonia, and Armenia, and was at first called Damea, from the fact that it had conquered nations most remarkable for their fierceness.