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g8Bum\ passing among the Elethi, the Diobessi^, the Carbi- 

 lesi; and then the Brysae, the Sapaei, and the Odomanti. 

 The territory of the Odrysae^ gives birth to the Hebrus'*, its 

 banks being inhabited by the Cabyleti, the Pyrogen, the 

 Drugeri, the Ca?nici, the Hv-psalti, the Beni, the Corpili, 

 the Bottiaei, and the Edoni*. In the same district are also the 

 Selletffi, the Priantae, the Doloneae, the Thyni, and the 

 Greater Cceletae, below Mount Haemus, the Lesser at the 

 foot of Ehodope. Between these tribes runs the river He- 

 brus. "We then come to a town at the foot of Rhodope, 

 first called Poneropolis'', afterwards Philippopolis'' from the 

 name of its founder, and now, from the peculiarity of its 

 situation, Trimontium*. To reach the summit of Haemus 

 you have to travel six* miles. The sides of it that look in 

 the opposite direction and slope towards the Ister are in- 

 habited by the MoBsi^°, the Getae, the Aorsi, the Gaudae, and 

 the Clariae ; below them, are the Arraei Sarmatae", also called 

 Arreatae, the Scythians, and, about the shores of the Euxine, 

 the Moriseni and the Sithonii, the forefathers of the poet 

 Orpheus^^, dwell. 



^ A range between the Strymon and the Nestus, now the Pangea or 

 Despoto-Dagh. ' Probably a canton or division of the Bessi. 



^ The most powerful people of Thrace ; dwelling on both sides of the 

 Artiscus, and on the plmn of the Hebrus. 



'^ Now tlie Maritza. It rises near the point where Mount Scomins 

 joins Mount Ehodope. The localities of most of the tribes here named 

 are unknoAv-n. 



^ The name of this people is often used by the poets to express the 

 whole of Thrace. The district of Edonis, on the left bank of the Strymon, 

 properly extended from Lake Cercinitis as far east as the river Nestus. 



6 Or " Trouble City," also called Eumolpias. 



7 Or "PhiUp's City J " founded by Philip of Macedon; still caUed 

 PhilippopoU. 



8 Because it stood on a hill with three summits. Under the Koman 

 empire it was the capital of the province of Thracia. 



^ On account probably of the winding nature of the roads ; as the 

 .height of the Balkan range in no part exceeds 3000 feet. With Theo- 

 pompus probably originated the erroneous notion among the ancients as 

 to its exceeding height. 



^° The people of Moesia. The Aorsi and Gfetae are again mentioned in 

 C. 25 of this Book. 



The inliabitants of the present Bulgaria, it is supposed. 

 Following the account which represent him as a king of the Cicones, 

 and dwelling in the vicinity of Mount Ehodope. The Sithonii here men- 



