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Antiochia which occupies the sites of the former 

 towiis of Symmaethus and Cranaos ; it is now 

 surrounded by the rivers Maeander and Orsinus. 

 This region formerly also contained Maeandropolis ; 

 in it are Eumenia on the river Chidrus, the river 

 Glaucus, the town of Lysias, and Orthosia, the 

 district of Berecynthus, Nysa, and TralHs also called 

 Euanthia and Seleucia and Antiochia. It is washed 

 by the river Eudon and the Thebais flows througli 

 it ; some record that a race of Pygmies formerly 

 hved in it. Therc are also Thydonos, Pyrrha, 

 Eurome, Heraclea, Amyzon, the free town of 

 Alabanda which has given its name to this juris- 

 diction, the free to^^Ti of Stratonicea, Hynidos, 

 Ceramus, Troezene and Phorontis. At a greater 

 distance but resorting to the same centre for juris- 

 diction are tlie Orthronienses, Ahdienses, Euliippini, 

 Xystiani, Hydissenses, Apolloniatae, Trapezopolitae 

 and Aphrodisienses, a fi*ee people. Besides these 

 places there are Coscinus and Harpasa, the latter 

 on the river Harpasus, which also passes the site of 

 the former town of Tralhcon. 



XXX. Lydia, bathed by the ever-returning Lydu 

 sinuosities of the river \Laeander, extends above 

 lonia; it is bordered by Phrygia to the east and 

 Mysia to the north, and with its southern portion it 

 erabraces Caria. It was previously called Maeonia. 

 It is specially famous for the city of Sardis, situated 

 on the vine-cLad side of Mount Tmolus, the former 

 name of which was Timolus. From Tmolus flows 

 the Pactolus, also called the Chi-ysorrhoas, and the 

 source of the Tamus ; and the city-state of Sardis 

 itself, which is famous for the Gygaean Lake, used 

 to be called Hyde by the pe()])lc of Maconia. This 



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