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and Bithynia. This district was formerly named 

 Cronia, theii ThessaHs, and then Mahanda and 

 Strymonis ; its inhabitants were called by Homer" 

 the Halizones, as the tribe is ' girdled by the sea.' It 

 once had a vast city namcd Atussa, and it now 

 includes twelve city-states, among them Gordiu Come 

 otherwise called JuHopoHs, and on tlie coast Dascylos. 

 Then there is the river Gelbes, and inland the town 

 of Helgas, also called GermanicopoHs, another narae 

 for it being Boos Coete ; as also Apamea now known as 

 Myrlea of the Colophonii ; and the river Echeleos 

 which in early times was the frontier of the Troad, 

 and at which Mysia began. Afterwards the bay in 

 whicli are the river Ascanius, the town of BryaHon, 

 the rivers Hylas and Cios, with the town also named 

 Cios, formerly a trading station for the neighbouring 

 district of Phrygia, founded by the people of Miletus 

 but on a sitc formerly known as Ascania of Phrygia : 

 consequently this is as suitable a place as any other 

 to speak about Phrygia. 



XLI. Phrygia Hes behind Troas and the peoples purygia. 

 already mentioned between Cape Lectum and the 

 river licheleus. On its northern side it marches with 

 Galatia, on its southern side with Lycaonia, Pisidia 

 and Mygdonia, and on the east it extends to 

 Cappadocia. Its most famous towns beside the ones 

 already mentioned are Ancyra, Andria, Celaenae, § i^^^f. 

 Colossae, Carina, Cotyaion, Ceraine, Conium and 

 Midaium. Some authorities say that the Mysians, 

 Phrygians and Bithynians take their names from three 

 parties of immigrants who crossed over from Europe, 

 the Moesi, Brygi and Thyni. 



XLII. At the same time it seems proper to speak Oaiatiam 

 also about Galatia, which Hes above Phrygia and holds ^^"j"]"' 



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