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land Thyatira (in old Time called Pelopia and Euhippa) is 

 washed by the Lycus. But upon the Sea-coast is Manteium ; 

 and Ephesus, a Work of the Amazons. But many Names 

 it had gone through before ; for in the Time of the Trojan 

 War it was called Alopes : soon after, Ortygia and Morges : 

 and it took the Name of Smyrna, with addition of Trachsea 

 (i. e. Rough), Samornium, and Ptelea. It is mounted on 

 the Hill Pione, and is washed by the Caystrus, which spring- 

 eth out of the Cilbian Hills, and bringeth down with it 

 many other Rivers, and the Lake Pegaseum, which dis- 

 chargeth itself by the River Phyrites. From these Rivers 

 proceedeth a large quantity of Mud, which increaseth the 

 Land : so that it hath thrown good way within the Land the 

 Island Syrie. There is a Fountain within the City called 

 Callipia : and two (Rivers) Selinuces, coming from different 

 Countries, encircle the Temple of Diana. From Ephesus 

 you come to another Manteium, inhabited by the Colo- 

 phonii : and within, the Country Colophon itself, with the 

 (River) Halesus flowing by it. Then the Sacred Place 

 (Fane) of Apollo Clarius, and Lebedos. And there formerly 

 was the Town Notium. The Promontory Coryceon : the 

 Mountain Mimas, which reacheth out 250 Miles, and 

 endeth at length in the Plains within the Continent. This 

 is the place where Alexander the Great commanded the 

 Plain to be cut through for seven Miles and a half in Length, 

 to join the two Gulfs, and to bring Erythrae and Mimas 

 together, to be environed around therewith. Near this Ery- 

 thrae were the Towns, Pteleon, Helos, andiiDorion: now, 

 there is the River Aleon, and Corineum : upon the Mount 

 Mimas, Clazomene, Partheniae; and Hippi, called Chyto- 

 phoria, when they were Islands : the same Alexander united 

 them to the Continent for the Space of two Stadia. There 

 have perished within, Daphnus, Hermesia, and Sipylum, 

 called formerly Tantalis, the chief City of Moeonia, where 

 now is the Lake Sale. And for that cause Archaeopolis 

 succeeded to Sipylus, and after it Colpe, and to it Lebade. 

 Returning thence twelve Miles off is Smyrna, on the Coast, 

 built by an Amazon, but restored by Alexander the Great ; 



