§10.1.5ἐπεὶ δʼ ἡ Ἐλλοπία τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἱστιαίας καὶ τοῦ Ὠρεοῦ προσηγάγετο ἡμᾶς ποιήσασθαι, τὰ συνεχῆ λέγωμεν τοῖς τόποις τούτοις.
Since Ellopia induced us to make our beginning with Histiaea and Oreus, let us speak of the regions adjacent to these places.
ἔστι δʼ ἐν τῷ Ὠρεῷ τούτῳ τό τε Κήναιον πλησίον καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ τὸ Δῖον καὶ Ἀθῆναι αἱ Διάδες, κτίσμα Ἀθηναίων, ὑπερκείμενον τοῦ ἐπὶ Κῦνον πορθμοῦ· ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Δίου Κάναι τῆς Αἰολίδος ἀπῳκίσθησαν·
In this Oreus, there is Cenaeum nearby, and on it Dion and Athenae Diades, a foundation of the Athenians, situated above the strait towards Cynus; and from Dion, Canae in Aeolis was colonized.
ταῦτά τε δὴ τὰ χωρία περὶ τὴν Ἱστίαιάν ἐστι καὶ ἔτι Κήρινθος πολείδιον ἐπὶ τῇ θαλάττῃ· ἐγγὺς δὲ Βούδορος ποταμὸς ὁμώνυμος τῷ κατὰ τὴν Σαλαμῖνα ὄρει τῷ πρὸς τῇ Ἀττικῇ.
These places then are indeed around Histiaea, and also Cerinthus, a small town on the sea; and nearby is the river Budorus, homonymous with the mountain in Salamis near Attica.
§10.1.6Κάρυστος δέ ἐστιν ὑπὸ τῷ ὄρει τῇ Ὄχῃ· πλησίον δὲ τὰ Στύρα καὶ τὸ Μαρμάριον, ἐν ᾧ τὸ λατόμιον τῶν Καρυστίων κιόνων, ἱερὸν ἔχον Ἀπόλλωνος Μαρμαρίνου, ὅθεν διάπλους εἰς Ἁλὰς τὰς Ἀραφηνίδας.
Carystus is under the mountain Oche; and nearby are Styra and Marmarium, in which is the quarry of the Carystian columns, containing a temple of Apollo Marmarinus, whence is the crossing to Halae Araphenides.
ἐν δὲ τῇ Καρύστῳ καὶ ἡ λίθος φύεται ἡ ξαινομένη καὶ ὑφαινομένη, ὥστε τὰ ὕφη χειρόμακτρα γίνεσθαι, ῥυπωθέντα δʼ εἰς φλόγα βάλλεσθαι καὶ ἀποκαθαίρεσθαι τῇ πλύσει τῶν λίνων παραπλησίως·
In Carystus there is also produced the stone which is combed and woven, so that the webs become hand-towels, and when soiled are thrown into the fire and cleaned, in a manner similar to the washing of linens.
ᾠκίσθαι δὲ τὰ χωρία ταῦτά φασιν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐκ τετραπόλεως τῆς περὶ Μαραθῶνα καὶ Στειριέων·
They say that these places were colonized by those from the Tetrapolis around Marathon and by the Steirians.
κατεστράφη δὲ τὰ Στύρα ἐν τῷ Λαμιακῷ πολέμῳ ὑπὸ Φαίδρου τοῦ Ἀθηναίων στρατηγοῦ· τὴν δὲ χώραν ἔχουσιν Ἐρετριεῖς.
Styra was destroyed in the Lamian War by Phaidros the Athenian general; and the Eretrians hold the territory.
Κάρυστος δέ ἐστι καὶ ἐν τῇ Λακωνικῇ τόπος τῆς Αἴγυος πρὸς Ἀρκαδίαν, ἀφʼ οὗ Καρύστιον οἶνον Ἀλκμὰν εἴρηκε.
Carystus is also a place in Laconia, of the territory of Aegys towards Arcadia, after which Alcman has spoken of Carystian wine.
§10.1.7Γεραιστὸς δʼ ἐν μὲν τῷ καταλόγῳ τῶν νεῶν οὐκ εἴρηται, μέμνηται δʼ ὁ ποιητὴς ὅμως αὐτοῦ
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ἐς δὲ Γεραιστὸν
ἐννύχιοι κατάγοντο,
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καὶ δηλοῖ διότι τοῖς διαίρουσιν ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίας εἰς τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἐπικαιρίως κεῖται τῷ Σουνίῳ πλησιάζον τὸ χωρίον·
Geraestus is not mentioned in the Catalogue of Ships, but the Poet nevertheless mentions it: "ἐς δὲ Γεραιστὸν ἐννύχιοι κατάγοντο, "and he shows that the place, being close to Sunium, lies opportunely for those crossing from Asia to Attica.
ἔχει δʼ ἱερὸν Ποσειδῶνος ἐπισημότατον τῶν ταύτῃ καὶ κατοικίαν ἀξιόλογον.
It has a temple of Poseidon, the most famous of those in this region, and a noteworthy settlement.
§10.1.8μετὰ δὲ τὸν Γεραιστὸν Ἐρέτρια πόλις μεγίστη τῆς Εὐβοίας μετὰ Χαλκίδα, ἔπειθʼ ἡ Χαλκὶς μητρόπολις τῆς νήσου τρόπον τινά, ἐπʼ αὐτῷ τῷ Εὐρίπῳ ἱδρυμένη·
After Geraestus is Eretria, the largest city of Euboea after Chalcis, then Chalcis, in a way the metropolis of the island, situated on the Euripus itself.
ἀμφότεραι δὲ πρὸ τῶν Τρωικῶν ὑπʼ Ἀθηναίων ἐκτίσθαι λέγονται, καὶ μετὰ τὰ Τρωικὰ Ἄικλος καὶ Κόθος ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν ὁρμηθέντες ὁ μὲν τὴν Ἐρέτριαν ᾤκισε Κόθος δὲ τὴν Χαλκίδα· καὶ τῶν Αἰολέων δέ τινες ἀπὸ τῆς Πενθίλου στρατιᾶς κατέμειναν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ, τὸ δὲ παλαιὸν καὶ Ἄραβες οἱ Κάδμῳ συνδιαβάντες.
Both are said to have been founded by Athenians before the Trojan War, and after the Trojan War, Aiclus and Cothus, starting out from Athens, the former colonized Eretria and Cothus Chalcis; and some of the Aeolians from the army of Penthilus remained on the island, and in ancient times also Arabs who crossed over with Cadmus.
αἱ δʼ οὖν πόλεις αὗται διαφερόντως αὐξηθεῖσαι καὶ ἀποικίας ἔστειλαν ἀξιολόγους εἰς Μακεδονίαν· Ἐρέτρια μὲν γὰρ συνῴκισε τὰς περὶ Παλλήνην καὶ τὸν Ἄθω πόλεις, ἡ δὲ Χαλκὶς τὰς ὑπὸ Ὀλύνθῳ, ἃς Φίλιππος διελυμήνατο.
These cities then, having grown exceedingly, also sent out notable colonies to Macedonia; for Eretria founded the cities around Pallene and Athos, while Chalcis founded those under Olynthus, which Philip ruined.
καὶ τῆς Ἰταλίας δὲ καὶ Σικελίας πολλὰ χωρία Χαλκιδέων ἐστίν·
And many places in Italy and Sicily belong to the Chalcidians.
ἐστάλησαν δὲ αἱ ἀποικίαι αὗται, καθάπερ εἴρηκεν Ἀριστοτέλης, ἡνίκα ἡ τῶν Ἱπποβοτῶν καλουμένη ἐπεκράτει πολιτεία· προέστησαν γὰρ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ τιμημάτων ἄνδρες ἀριστοκρατικῶς ἄρχοντες.
These colonies were sent out, as Aristotle has said, when the constitution of the so-called Hippobotae prevailed; for men ruling aristocratically on the basis of property qualifications presided over it.
κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου διάβασιν καὶ τὸν περίβολον τῆς πόλεως ηὔξησαν, ἐντὸς τείχους λαβόντες τόν τε Κάνηθον καὶ τὸν Εὔριπον, ἐπιστήσαντες τῇ γεφύρᾳ πύργους καὶ πύλας καὶ τεῖχος.
And at the time of Alexander's crossing, they also increased the circuit of the city, taking within the wall both Canethus and the Euripus, having placed towers, gates, and a wall on the bridge.
§10.1.9ὑπέρκειται δὲ τῆς τῶν Χαλκιδέων πόλεως τὸ Λήλαντον καλούμενον πεδίον.
Above the city of the Chalcidians lies the so-called Lelantine Plain.
ἐν δὲ τούτῳ θερμῶν τε ὑδάτων εἰσὶν ἐκβολαὶ πρὸς θεραπείαν νόσων εὐφυεῖς, οἷς ἐχρήσατο καὶ Σύλλας Κορνήλιος ὁ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἡγεμών· καὶ μέταλλον δʼ ὑπῆρχε θαυμαστὸν χαλκοῦ καὶ σιδήρου κοινόν, ὅπερ οὐχ ἱστοροῦσιν ἀλλαχοῦ συμβαῖνον·
And in this there are outlets of warm waters naturally suited for the curing of diseases, which Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the leader of the Romans, also used; and there was also a remarkable mine of copper and iron combined, which they do not record as occurring elsewhere.
νυνὶ μέντοι ἀμφότερα ἐκλέλοιπεν, ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἅπασα μὲν ἡ Εὔβοια εὔσειστος, μάλιστα δʼ ἡ περὶ τὸν πορθμόν, καὶ δεχομένη πνευμάτων ὑποφοράς, καθάπερ καὶ ἡ Βοιωτία καὶ ἄλλοι τόποι, περὶ ὧν ἐμνήσθημεν διὰ πλειόνων πρότερον.
Now, however, both have failed. And all Euboea is subject to earthquakes, and especially the part around the strait, and receiving subterranean currents of wind, just as also Boeotia and other places, concerning which we have mentioned at greater length before.
ὑπὸ τοιοῦδε πάθους καὶ ἡ ὁμώνυμος τῇ νήσῳ πόλις καταποθῆναι λέγεται, ἧς μέμνηται καὶ Αἰσχύλος ἐν τῷ Ποντίῳ Γλαύκῳ
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Εὐβοΐδα καμπτὴν ἀμφὶ Κηναίου Διὸς
ἀκτήν, κατʼ αὐτὸν τύμβον ἀθλίου Λίχα.
By such an affliction also the city homonymous with the island is said to have been swallowed up, which Aeschylus also mentions in his Glaucus Pontius: "Εὐβοΐδα καμπτὴν ἀμφὶ Κηναίου Διὸς ἀκτήν, κατʼ αὐτὸν τύμβον ἀθλίου Λίχα.
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Χαλκὶς δʼ ὁμωνύμως λέγεται καὶ ἐν Αἰτωλίᾳ
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Χαλκίδα τʼ ἀγχίαλον, Καλυδῶνά τε πετρήεσσαν,
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καὶ ἐν τῇ νῦν Ἠλείᾳ
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βὰν δὲ παρὰ Κρουνοὺς καὶ Χαλκίδα πετρήεσσαν
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οἱ περὶ Τηλέμαχον ἀπιόντες παρὰ Νέστορος εἰς τὴν οἰκείαν.
"And Chalcis is also called homonymously in Aetolia: "Χαλκίδα τʼ ἀγχίαλον, Καλυδῶνά τε πετρήεσσαν, "and in what is now Elis: "βὰν δὲ παρὰ Κρουνοὺς καὶ Χαλκίδα πετρήεσσαν "Telemachus and his companions when returning from Nestor to their own home.