490 plint's natueal history. [Book y. 
Tliis country was at first called by tlie name of Cronia, 
after that, Thessalis, and then Malianda and Strymonis. The 
people of it are by Homer called Halizones^ from the fact 
that it was a nation begirt by the sea. There was formerly 
a vast city here, Attussa by name ; at present there are 
twelve cities in existence ; among which is Grordiucome^, 
otherwise Juliopolis ; and, on the coast, Dascylos^. W e 
then come to the river Grelbes^ ; and, in the interior, the 
town of Helgas, or Grermanicopolis, which has also the 
other name of Booscoete^ ; Apamea^, now more generally 
known as Myrlea of the Golophonians : the river Etheleus 
also, the ancient boundary of Troas, and the commencement 
of Mysia. 'Next to this comes the gulf ^ into which the 
river Ascanius flows, the town of Bryllion^, and the rivers 
Hylas and Cios, with a town of the same name as the last- 
mentioned river ; it was founded by the Milesians at a place 
which was called Ascania of Phrygia, as an entrepot for the 
trade of the Phrygians who dwelt in the vicinity. We may 
therefore look upon this as a not ineligible opportunity for 
making further mention of Phrygia. 
CHAP. 41. — PHEXaiA. 
Phrygia lies above Troas, and the peoples already men- 
^ Ephorus, as quoted by Stephanus Byzantinns, says, that the Hali- 
zones inhabited the district lying between Caria, Mysia, and Lydia. 
Hesychius incorrectly places them in Paphlagonia. 
2 Meaning the " Village of Grordius," one of its ancient kings. It was 
also called Grordinm. After falling to decay, it was rebuilt by Augustus, 
and called J uHopohs. It is celebrated in history as the place where 
Alexander the Great cut the Grordian knot ; the scene of the adventure 
being the Acropolis of the town, the former palace of King Grordius. 
2 There were several Asiatic cities of the similar name of Dascylium. The 
site of the one here mentioned does not appear to have been ascertained. 
4 More generaUy read " aebes." ^ The "BuU's Bed," or " Den." 
It probably took its second name from the Roman general Grermanicus. 
^ Now called Medania, or Mutania. It received its name of Apamea 
from Prusias, king of Bithynia, in compHment to his wife. In the time 
of the first Csesars, it was made a Roman colony. 
7 The Bay of Cios. The river runs into a lake, formerly known as 
Lake Ascanius ; probably that mentioned by PHny in B. xxxi. c. 10. 
^ Stephanus Byzantinus says that it was the same as the town of Cios, 
or Cius, here mentioned as near to it. It was on the shores of the 
Propontis, 
