Plinies Naturall Hiflorie.^ 



A JsicimijI'oimded by the Milefians,called heretofore Arconnefos^Ddionisjand Dindymls^ neere 

 the top whereof is themountaineDindymus. When yee are beyond Cia^ycumjyou meet with 

 tliefe townes befideSjPJacia^ Ariacos^Scylacum ; & behind them^ihe hill Oiympusjcalled fome- 

 time Msefius. Alfo the cittie Olympena. The rivers HoriliUs and Rhyndacu^named heretofore 

 Lycus. This river takcth his beginning in the marifh or mee^eAFtynia^ neeretoMiktopolis, It 

 receiveth into it MareJftos and many otherSjand feperateth Afia from Bithy nia. This region hi 

 auneient time was called Cronia : afterward Theffalis, thenMalianda and Strymonis, All this 

 nation of thefe quarteiSj named Halizones^ for that they bee environned with the ica. 



Therein flood in old time a mightie great cictienamed xA^ttufa. At this day fifceene cities ic hath^ 

 among which is Gordiu-come^now called luliopolis^and in the very coaii upon the fcajDafcy- 



B los. Goe further on5and yee meet with the river Gebes : and within the maine^ the towne Hel- 

 gas/he fame that Germanicopolis, knowtic alfo by another name Boofcoete^ as alfo Apamea^ 

 now called Myrteaofthe Colophonians. Being p^ftit^you come to the river Etheleum^ the 

 auneient limit of TroaSjSd where Myfiabeginneth.Aftetwards^you enter into the gulfe (of Brvl- 

 lion)whercinto runneth the river AfcaniumjUpon which Ibndeth the towne Bryllion. And be- 

 yond it you fhall fee the rivers Helas and Cios^together with a town of that name. A mart rowri 

 this was5whereunto reforted the Phrygians that border neere (into it/or to trafficke and f urnifh 

 themfelves with merchandife : built verily it was by the Milefians^but the place whereon it ftood 

 was called Afcania of Phrygia.And therefore me thi.nkcs we cannot doe better, than even here 

 to fpeake of that countrey . Phrygia then fpreadeth out above Troas and the nations beforena- 



C raed/rom the cape Le6lus unto the river Etheleus. It confronteth on the North fide upon part 

 of Galatia.Southward it boundeth hard to Lycaorjia^Pifidia, and Mygdonia. And on the Eaft 

 part;,itreacheth to Cappadocia.The townes of greateftname, befides thofe before rehearfed^ 

 beAncyra3Andria3Cela:nDe3GolofIa?3Carina3Cotiaion3Cerana?Jconium,andMidaion.Cer- 

 taine authors I have^who write^That out of Europe there come to inhabite thefe parts^the Myfi^ 

 Brygcs^and Thyni^of whom are defceridedand likewife namedjthe Myfians Phrygians^and Bi- 

 thynians, 



Andeven herclthinkeitgoodto write alfo of Galatia, whichlyinghigher than Phrygia, yet 

 poilefTeth a greater part of the plaine countrey thereof, yea, and the capitall place of it fome- 

 time called Gordium.They that inhabited and held that quarter of Phrygia^were Gaules, called 



;D Toliftobogi,Voturi,and Ambitui : but they that occupied the country ofMa^onia and Paphla- 

 gonia^ were named Trocmi. This region confronteth Cappadocia on the North and Eaff Vide : 

 and the mofl: plenteous and fruitful! tra6t thereof the Tedofages and Teutobodiaci kept in theic 

 poiTcfirion.And thus much for the principall nations of this countrey. As for the States^Tetrar- 

 chiesyand Rcgiments,thcre bee in ail a hundred ninede and five. The townes are thcfc. Of the 

 Teaofages,Ancyra:of thcTrocmi,Tavium : of theToliftobogians, Pefinus. Befides thefe, 

 there be States of good accoiinc,Attalenfes, Arafenfes,Comcnfes,Diol-hieroniia',Lyftreni,^ 

 Neapolitani,Oeandenfes,Seleucenfes,Sebalteni, TimmoniaccnicSjand Tebafeni, this Gala- 

 tia cxtendeth even as farre as to Gabalia and Milyse in Pamphylia, which are fituate about Ba- 

 ris : alfo Cyllanticum and Oroadicum^the marches of Pifidia; likewife Obigene, part of Lyca- 



E onia.Rivers there bee in it^befide thofe beforenamed.Sangarium and Gallus,of which river'jthe 

 gelded priefls of dameC7^^/^,mothetof the gods, were named Galli. Nowitrefleth to fpeake 

 of the townes upon thefea-coaff. Yet I cannot overpaffePrufa neere to Cios,which lieth farre 

 within thecountrey of Bithynia,which AnAlifoundcd at thefoot of the hill Olympus.From 

 PrufatoNic^a, are counted five and twentiemyles, in which way lieth the lake Afcanius be- 

 tweene.Then come yee to Nicasa,in the very outmort part of the gulfe Afcanium,which before 

 wascalled Olbia : alfo to another Prufa, built under the mountaine Hippius .Once there were in 

 tliis coafljPythopoliSjParthenopolisjand Choryphanta. And now there bee upon the fea fide, 

 thefe rivers,iEfius,Brya2on,Plataneus, Areus, Siros, Gendos,named alfo Chryforrhoas. The 

 Promontoriealfb,upon which flood the towne Megaricum. Then the gulfe or arme of the fea 



F which was called Crafpedires ; for that that towne beforenamed, flood as it were, in a fold, 

 plaic,ornouke thereof. Sometimes alfo there was the towne Aflacum, whereupon thecrceke 

 tooke the name Aflacenus . Moreover, in old time the towne Libyflajby report, was planted 

 there: where now remaineth nothing elfe to.be feene but the tombe of Anmball, But in thein- 

 mofl part of the gulfe where it endeth^thcre flandeth the goodly cittie of Bithynia, called Nico- 



iij media. 



