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gcTum\ passing among tlie Eletlii, the Diobessi^, tlie Carbi- 

 lesi ; and then the Brys«, the Sapaei, and the Odomanti. 

 The territory of the OdrvscT^ gives birth to the Hebrus^ its 

 banks being inhabited by the Cabyleti, the P}TOgeri, the 

 Drngeri, the Csenici, the Hvpsalti, the Bern, the Corpdi, 

 the Bottijei, and the Edoni\ In the same district are also the 

 Selleta', the PriantcT, the Dolonca?, the Thyni, and the 

 Greater CoeletcT, below Mount Hsemus, the Lesser at the 

 foot of Ehodope. Between these tribes runs the river He- 

 brus. We then come to a town at the foot of Ehodope, 

 first called Poneropolis^ afterwards PhilippopolisM'rom the 

 name of its founder, and now, from the peculiarity of its 

 situation, Trimontium^ To reach the summit of Hsemus 

 you have to travel six*^ miles. The sides of it that look m 

 the opposite direction and slope towards the Ister are in- 

 habited by the Moesi^°, the Getse, the Aorsi, the Gaudae, and 

 the Clarire ; below them, are the ArrcTi Sarmatse", also called 

 ArreatcT, the Scythians, and, about the shores of tlie Euxme, 

 the Moriseni and the Sithonii, the forefathers of the poet 

 Orpheus^', dwell. 



1 A range between the StiTmon and the Nestus, now the Pangea or 

 De^poto-Dagh. 2 Probably a canton or division ot the Bessi. 



3 The most powerM people of Thrace ; dwdhng on both sides of the 

 Artiscu8, and on the plain of the Hebrus. 



4 Now the Maritza. It rises near the point where JVlonnt bconuus 

 joins Mount Rhodope. The locahties of most of the tribes here named 



are unknown. , 



5 The name of this people is often used by the poets to express the 

 whole of Thrace. The district of Edonis, on the left bank of the Strymon, 

 properly extended from Lake Cercinitis as for east as the river ^e3tus. 



6 Or'" Trouble City," also caUed Eumolpias. 



7 Or "Pliihp's City J " founded by Philip of Macedon ; still called 



Thihppopoh. . XT 1 i.1 -D 



8 Because it stood on a hill ^^-ith three summits. Under the Roman 

 ^mpu-e it was the capital of the province of Thracia. 



9 On account probably of the winding nature of the roads ; as tho 

 height of the Balkan range in no part exceeds 3000 feet. NVith Iheo- 

 pompus probably originated the eiToneous notion among the ancients as 

 to its exceeding height. , , • j • 



w The people of Mccsia. Tho Aorsi and act£B arc again mentioned in 



C. 25 of this Book. 



^' The inhabitants of the present Bulgaria, it is supposed. 



" Following the account wliii-h represent him as a king of the Cicones, 

 and dweUing in the vicinity of Mount Rhodope. The Sithonu here men- 



