Chap. 42.] ACCOUNT OF COTJNTRIES, ETC. 491 



t'Miied as extending from the Promontory of Lectnm^ to 



■ river Etheleus. On its northern side it borders upon 



, alatia, on the south it joins Lycaonia, Pisidia, and Myg- 



dMiiia, and, on the east, it touches upon Cappadocia. The 



re celebrated towns there, besides those ah-eady men- 



. lied, are Ancyra', Andria, Celsenje^ Coloss8e\ Carina*, 



( ..tyaion^ Ceraine, Conium, and Midaium. There are 



ihors who say that the Mcesi, the Brygi, and the Thyni 



issed over from Europe, and that from them are descended 



" peoples called the Mysi, Phryges, and Bithyni. 



CHAP. 42. GALATIA AND THE ADJOINING NATIONS. 



On this occasion also it seems that we ought to speak of 

 Galatia% which lies above Phrygia, and includes the greater 

 part of the territory taken from that province, as also its 



1 Cape Baba, or Santa Maria ; the south-western promontory of 

 the Troacl. 



2 In Plirygia Epictctus, or " Conquered Phrygia, so called Irom its 

 conquest by ccrtam of the kmgs of Bithynia. Strabo calls this place a 

 "small city, or hill-fortress, towards Lydia." It was probably situate 

 near the source of the Macestus, now the SusughcrU Su, or the Simaul 

 Su, as it is called in its upper course. 



3 The place from wliich the citizens were removed to Apamea, as men- 

 tioned in C. 29 of the present Book. Hamilton (Researches, &c., p. 499) 

 supposes its acropohs to have been situate about half a mile from the 

 Bom'ces of the river IVIarsvas. u u 



■» First mentioned by Herodotus, and situate on the Lycus, a brancli 

 of the Ma?ander. It liad greatly declined in Strabo's time, and m tho 

 midcUe ages there rose near it a town of the name of Chonrt', and Colossa) 

 disappeared. Hamilton found extensive ruins of an ancient city about 

 three miles north of the modern Khonos. It was one of the early Chris- 

 tian chui-ches of A>ia, and the Apostle Paul addressed oneot liis Kpistles 

 to the people of this place. It does not appear from it that he liad ever 

 visited the place; indeed, from Chap. u. 1 we may conclude that ho 



had not. ., ^, • .• i • 



5 This does not appear to be the same as the Canno mentioned m 

 C 32 of this Book, as having gone to decay. Its site is unknown. 



6 Or Coticeum or Cotyaum. It was on the Roman road trora 

 Dorvla^um to Philadelphia, and in Phrj-gia Epictctus, according to 

 SHrabo. The modern Kutahiyah is supposed to denote its site; but 

 there are no remains of ant i(iuity. ,..1.1 



7 It was bounded on the west, south, and f^mth-enst by those 

 countries; and on the north-east, north, and norlli-west by ioiitus, 

 Paphlagonia, and Bithynia. 



