BOOK IV 



I. The third gulf of Europe begins at the Moun- Oreeeeand 

 tains of Khimarra and ends at the Dardanelles. Its ^^^ouhe 

 coast-Hne measures 1925 miles not including smaller Aegean. 

 bays. It contains Epirus, Acarnania, Aetolia, 

 Phocis, Locris, Achaia, Messenia, Laconia, ArgoHs, 

 Megaris, Attica and Boeotia ; and again, on the side 

 of the other sea, Phocis and Locris before-mentioned 

 and Doris, Phthiotis, Thessaly, Magnesia, Macedonia 

 and Thrace." All the legendary lore of Greece and 

 Hkewise its glorous Hterature first shone forth from 

 this gulf; and consequently we will briefly dwell 

 upon it. 



Epirus in the wide sense of the term begins at the n.w.eoatt 

 Mountains of Khimarra. The peoples that it con- "^ ^"^- 

 tains are first the Chaones who give their name to 

 Chaonia, and then the Thesproti and Antigonenses ; 

 then comes the place caHed Aornos * with exhalations 

 that are noxious to birds, the Cestrini, the Perrhaebi 

 to whom belongs Mount Pindus, the Cassiopaei, the 

 Drj'opes, the Selloi,the Hellopes,the Molossi in whose 

 territory is the temple of Zeus of Dodona, famous for 

 its oracle, and Mount Talarus, celebrated by Theo- 

 pompus, with a hundred springs at its foot. Epirus 

 proper stretches to Magnesia and Macedonia, and 

 has at its back the Dassaretae above mentioned, a 

 free race, and then the savage tribe of the Dardani. 

 On the left side of the Dardani stretch the Triballi 



119 



