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the left the Parihedrian, Moschian, Amazonian, 

 Coraxian, Scythian ; whereas in Greek it is called 

 throughout the whole of its course the Ceraunian 

 Mountain. 



XX\'III. In Lycia therefore after leaving the Lyda. 

 promontory of Mount Taurus we have the town of 

 Siinena, ^lount Chimaera, which scnds forth flames 

 at night, and the city-state of Hephaestium, which 

 also has a mountain range that is often on fu*e. The 

 town of Olympus stood here, and there are now the 

 mountain villages of Gagae, Corydalla and Rhodio- 

 poHs, and near the sea Limyra with tlie river of 

 which the Arycandus is a tributary, and Mount 

 Masicitus, the city-state of Andria, Myra, the towns 

 of Aperiae and Antiphellos formerly called Habesos, 

 and in a corner Phellos. Then comes Pyrrha, and 

 also Xanthus 15 miles from the sea, and tlie river 

 of the same name ; and then Patara, previously 

 Pataros, and Sidyma on its mountain, and Cape 

 Cragus. Beyond Cape Cragus is a bay as large 

 as the one before ; liere are Pinara and Tehiiessus. 

 the frontier town of Lycia. Lycia formerly contained 

 70 towns, but now it has 36 ; of these the most 

 famous besides those mentioned above are Canas, 

 Candyba the site of the famous grove of Eunia, 

 PodaHa, Choma past which flows the Aedesa, 

 Cyaneae, AscandiandaUs, Amehis, Noscopium, Tlos, 

 Telandrus. It includes also in its interior CabaHa, 

 with its three cities, Ocnianda, Balbura and Bubon. 

 After Telmessus begins the Asiatic or Carpathian 

 Sea, and Asia properly so called. Agrippa divided 

 this country into two parts. One of these he en- 

 closed on the east by Phrygia and Lycaonia, on the 

 west by the Aegean Sea, on the south by the 



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