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FRAGM. 5—10.
MACEDONIA.
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the Peneus flowing through Tempe protects it on the side of Greece.) On the south, Pæonia borders on the Autariatæ, the Dardanii, and the Ardiæi; it extends also as far as the Strymon. E.

5. The Haliacmon[p 1] flows into the Thermæan Gulf. E.

6. Orestis is of considerable extent; there is in it a large mountain which reaches to Corax[p 2] of Ætolia and to Parnassus. It is inhabited by the Orestæ themselves, by the Tymphæans, and by Greeks without the isthmus, namely, those who also occupy Parnassus, Œta, and Pindus. As a whole, the mountain is called by one name, Boion, (Pœum?) but the separate divisions bear various names. The Ægean, Ambracian, and Ionian Seas are said to be distinguishable from the highest elevations, but this appears to me to be an extravagant assertion; for Pteleum rises to a considerable height, and is situated near the Ambracian Gulf, stretching on one side to the Corcyræan and on the other to the Leucadian Seas. E.

7. Corcyra, humbled by many wars, became a subject of ridicule, and passed into a proverb. E.

8. Corcyra was formerly a flourishing place, and possessed a considerable naval force, but went into decay through war and the oppression of its rulers. In later times, although restored to liberty by the Romans, it acquired no renown, but the taunting proverb was applied to it, “Corcyra the Free, ease yourself where you please.” EPIT.

9. Of Europe, there remains Macedonia, and the parts of Thrace contiguous to it, extending to Byzantium, Greece also, and the adjacent islands: indeed, Macedonia is a part of Greece. Following, however, the natural character of the country and its form, we have determined to separate it from Greece, and to unite it with Thrace, which borders upon it.—Strabo, after a few remarks, mentions Cypsela[p 3] and the river Hebrus.[p 4] He also describes a parallelogram in which is placed the whole of Macedonia. E.

10. Macedonia is bounded on the west by the sea-coast of the Adriatic; on the east by a meridian line parallel to this coast, passing through the mouth of the river Hebrus, and the city Cypsela; on the north by an imaginary straight line passing through the mountains Bertiscus, Scardus,[p 5] Orbelus,[p 6]

  1. ↑ Indesche Karasu.
  2. ↑ Oxas.
  3. ↑ Ipsala.
  4. ↑ The Maritza.
  5. ↑ Schardagh.
  6. ↑ Egrisoudagh.
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