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The only town of Phocis on the coast is Daphnus, 

 but inland are Larisa, Elatea, and on the banks of the 

 Cephisus, as \ve have said, Lilaea, and, facing Delphi, 

 Cnemis and Hyampolis. Then there is the Locrian 

 coast, on which are Larumna and Thronium, near 

 which the river Boagrius Hows into the sea, and the 

 towns of Narj'cum, Alope and Scarphia. Afterwards 

 comes the Mahan Gulf " named from its inhabitants 

 and on it are the towns of Halcyone, Aeconia and 

 Phalara. 



Then comes Doris, in which are Sperchios, Erineon, 

 Boion, Pindus and Cj-tinum. In the rear of Doris is 

 Mount Oeta. 



There foUows Haemonia, which has often changed 

 its name, having been successively called Pelasgis 

 or Pelasgic Argos, and Hellas, Thessaly and Dryopis, 

 always taking its surname from its kings : it was 

 the birthplace of the king named Graecus from 

 whom Greece is named, and of king Hellen from 

 whom the Hellenes get their name. These same 

 people are called by three difFerent names in Homer, 

 Myrmidons, Hellenes and Achaeans. The section of 

 the Hellenes adjacent to Doris are named Phthiotae ; 

 their towns are Akhino and Heraclea, which takes 

 the name of Trechin ^» from the Pass of Thermo- 

 pylae four miles away in the gorge of the river 

 Ellada. Here is Mount Callidromus, and the 

 notable towns are Ilellas, Halos, Lamia, Phthia and 

 Arne. 



V^III. The places in Thessaly are Orchomenus, Thasaiv. 

 formerly called the Minyan, and the town of Ahmon, 

 otherwise Holmon, Atrax, Palamna, the Hyperian 

 Spring, the towns of Pherae (behind which Hes 

 Pieria spreading in the direction of Macedonia), 



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