§12.3.29τὴν μὲν οὖν μικρὰν Ἀρμενίαν ἄλλοτʼ ἄλλων ἐχόντων, ὡς ἐβούλοντο Ῥωμαῖοι, τὸ τελευταῖον εἶχεν ὁ Ἀρχέλαος.
Thus, while Lesser Armenia was held at different times by different rulers according as the Romans wished, it was finally held by Archelaus.
τοὺς δὲ Τιβαρηνοὺς καὶ Χαλδαίους μέχρι Κολχίδος καὶ Φαρνακίας καὶ Τραπεζοῦντος ἔχει Πυθοδωρίς, γυνὴ σώφρων καὶ δυνατὴ προΐστασθαι πραγμάτων.
As for the Tibareni and Chaldaei, extending as far as Colchis, Pharnacia, and Trapezus, they are ruled by Pythodoris, a woman of prudent character and capable of presiding over state affairs.
ἔστι δὲ θυγάτηρ Πυθοδώρου τοῦ Τραλλιανοῦ, γυνὴ δʼ ἐγένετο Πολέμωνος καὶ συνεβασίλευσεν ἐκείνῳ χρόνον τινά, εἶτα διεδέξατο τὴν ἀρχήν, τελευτήσαντος ἐν τοῖς Ἀσπουργιανοῖς καλουμένοις τῶν περὶ τὴν Σινδικὴν βαρβάρων·
She is the daughter of Pythodorus of Tralles, and became the wife of Polemon and co-ruled with him for a time, and then succeeded to the rule when he died among the barbarians around Sindice called the Aspurgiani.
δυεῖν δʼ ἐκ τοῦ Πολέμωνος ὄντων υἱῶν καὶ θυγατρὸς ἡ μὲν ἐδόθη Κότυϊ τῷ Σαπαίῳ, δολοφονηθέντος δὲ ἐχήρευσε παῖδας ἔχουσα ἐξ αὐτοῦ· δυναστεύει δʼ ὁ πρεσβύτατος αὐτῶν·
He had two sons and a daughter by Polemon; the daughter was given in marriage to Cotys the Sapaean, but on his being treacherously murdered she was left a widow, having children by him, the eldest of whom is now ruler.
τῶν δὲ τῆς Πυθοδωρίδος υἱῶν ὁ μὲν ἰδιώτης συνδιῴκει τῇ μητρὶ τὴν ἀρχήν, ὁ δὲ νεωστὶ καθέσταται τῆς μεγάλης Ἀρμενίας βασιλεύς.
Of the sons of Pythodoris, one as a private citizen assists his mother in administering the empire, while the other has recently been established as king of Greater Armenia.
αὐτὴ δὲ συνῴκησεν Ἀρχελάῳ καὶ συνέμεινεν ἐκείνῳ μέχρι τέλους, νῦν δὲ χηρεύει, τά τε λεχθέντα ἔχουσα χωρία καὶ ἄλλα ἐκείνων χαριέστερα, περὶ ὧν ἐφεξῆς ἐροῦμεν.
She herself married Archelaus and remained with him until his end, and is now a widow, holding the places mentioned and others more beautiful than those, of which we shall speak next.
§12.3.30τῇ γὰρ Φαρνακίᾳ συνεχής ἐστιν ἡ Σιδήνη καὶ ἡ Θεμίσκυρα.
For Sidene and Themiscyra are adjacent to Pharnacia.
τούτων δʼ ἡ Φανάροια ὑπέρκειται μέρος ἔχουσα τοῦ Πόντου τὸ κράτιστον· καὶ γὰρ ἐλαιόφυτός ἐστι καὶ εὔοινος καὶ τὰς ἄλλας ἔχει πάσας ἀρετάς, ἐκ μὲν τῶν ἑῴων μερῶν προβεβλημένη τὸν Παρυάδρην παράλληλον αὐτῇ κατὰ μῆκος, ἐκ δὲ τῶν πρὸς δύσιν τὸν Λίθρον καὶ τὸν Ὄφλιμον.
Above these lies Phanaroea, which contains the best part of Pontus; for it is planted with olives, produces good wine, and possesses all other excellences, being protected on the east by Paryadres, which runs parallel to its length, and on the west by Lithrus and Ophlimus.
ἔστι δʼ αὐλὼν καὶ μῆκος ἔχων ἀξιόλογον καὶ πλάτος· διαρρεῖ δʼ αὐτὴν ἐκ μὲν τῆς Ἀρμενίας ὁ Λύκος, ἐκ δὲ τῶν περὶ Ἀμάσειαν στενῶν ὁ Ἶρις·
It is a valley of considerable length and width; and through it flows the Lycus from Armenia, and the Iris from the narrows near Amaseia.
συμβάλλουσι δʼ ἀμφότεροι κατὰ μέσον που τὸν αὐλῶνα, ἐπὶ τῇ συμβολῇ δʼ ἵδρυται πόλις, ἣν ὁ μὲν πρῶτος ὑποβεβλημένος Εὐπατορίαν ἀφʼ αὑτοῦ προσηγόρευσε, Πομπήιος δʼ ἡμιτελῆ καταλαβών, προσθεὶς χώραν καὶ οἰκήτορας Μαγνόπολιν προσεῖπεν.
Both rivers meet about the middle of the valley, and at their junction is situated a city, which he who first laid its foundations called Eupatoria after himself, but Pompey, finding it half-finished, added territory and inhabitants to it and named it Magnopolis.
αὕτη μὲν οὖν ἐν μέσῳ κεῖται τῷ πεδίῳ, πρὸς αὐτῇ δὲ τῇ παρωρείᾳ τοῦ Παρυάδρου Κάβειρα ἵδρυται, σταδίοις ἑκατὸν καὶ πεντήκοντά που νοτιωτέρα τῆς Μαγνοπόλεως, ὅσον καὶ Ἀμάσεια δυσμικωτέρα αὐτῆς ἐστιν·
Now this city lies in the middle of the plain, but close to the very foot of Paryadres is situated Cabeira, about one hundred and fifty stadia more to the south than Magnopolis, which is as far as Amaseia is more to the west of it.
ἐν δὲ τοῖς Καβείροις τὰ βασίλεια Μιθριδάτου κατεσκεύαστο καὶ ὁ ὑδραλέτης καὶ τὰ ζωγρεῖα καὶ αἱ πλησίον θῆραι καὶ τὰ μέταλλα.
At Cabeira the palace of Mithridates had been built, as well as the water-mill, the preserves for wild beasts, the nearby hunting grounds, and the mines.
§12.3.31ἐνταῦθα δὲ καὶ τὸ Καινὸν χωρίον προσαγορευθέν, ἐρυμνὴ καὶ ἀπότομος πέτρα, διέχουσα τῶν Καβείρων ἔλαττον ἢ διακοσίους σταδίους· ἔχει δʼ ἐπὶ τῇ κορυφῇ πηγὴν ἀναβάλλουσαν πολὺ ὕδωρ, πρός τε τῇ ῥίζῃ ποταμὸν καὶ φάραγγα βαθεῖαν·
And here is also the place called Kainon Chorion, a fortified and precipitous rock, distant from Cabeira less than two hundred stadia; it has on its summit a spring that bubbles up much water, and at its foot a river and a deep ravine.
τὸ δʼ ὕψος ἐξαίσιον τῆς πέτρας ἐστὶ ἄνω τοῦ αὐχένος, ὥστʼ ἀπολιόρκητός ἐστι· τετείχισται δὲ θαυμαστῶς πλὴν ὅσον οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι κατέσπασαν·
The height of the rock above the neck of land is extraordinary, so that it cannot be taken by siege; and it has been wonderfully fortified, except for the part which the Romans threw down.
οὕτω δʼ ἐστὶν ἅπασα ἡ κύκλῳ κατάδρυμος καὶ ὀρεινὴ καὶ ἄνυδρος, ὥστʼ ἐντὸς ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι σταδίων μὴ εἶναι δυνατὸν στρατοπεδεύσασθαι.
The country all around is so covered with forest, mountainous, and waterless, that it is impossible to encamp within a distance of one hundred and twenty stadia.
ἐνταῦθα μὲν ἦν τῷ Μιθριδάτῃ τὰ τιμιώτατα τῶν κειμηλίων, ἃ νῦν ἐν τῷ Καπιτωλίῳ κεῖται Πομπηίου ἀναθέντος.
Here Mithridates had his most precious treasures, which now lie in the Capitolium, dedicated by Pompey.
ταύτην δὴ τὴν χώραν ἔχει πᾶσαν ἡ Πυθοδωρὶς προσεχῆ οὖσαν τῇ βαρβάρῳ τῇ ὑπʼ αὐτῆς κατεχομένῃ, καὶ τὴν Ζηλῖτιν καὶ Μεγαλοπολῖτιν.
This whole country Pythodoris holds, as it is adjacent to the barbarian country held by her, and also Zelitis and Megalopolitis.
τὰ δὲ Κάβειρα Πομπηίου σκευάσαντος εἰς πόλιν καὶ καλέσαντος Διόσπολιν, ἐκείνη προσκατεσκεύασε καὶ Σεβαστὴν μετωνόμασε, βασιλείῳ τε τῇ πόλει χρῆται.
As for Cabeira, which Pompey organized into a city and called Diospolis, she built additional structures, renamed it Sebaste, and uses the city as her royal residence.
ἔχει δὲ καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν Μηνὸς Φαρνάκου καλούμενον, τὴν Ἀμερίαν κωμόπολιν πολλοὺς ἱεροδούλους ἔχουσαν καὶ χώραν ἱεράν, ἣν ὁ ἱερώμενος ἀεὶ καρποῦται.
It has also the temple of Men of Pharnaces, and Ameria, a village-city which has many temple-slaves and a sacred territory, the fruits of which are always enjoyed by the priest.
ἐτίμησαν δʼ οἱ βασιλεῖς τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦτο οὕτως εἰς ὑπερβολὴν ὥστε τὸν βασιλικὸν καλούμενον ὅρκον τοῦτον ἀπέφηναν
τύχην βασιλέως
καὶ
μῆνα Φαρνάκου. ἔστι δὲ καὶ τοῦτο τῆς σελήνης τὸ ἱερόν, καθάπερ τὸ ἐν Ἀλβανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐν Φρυγίᾳ, τό τε τοῦ Μηνὸς ἐν τῷ ὁμωνύμῳ τόπῳ καὶ τὸ τοῦ Ἀσκαίου τὸ πρὸς Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῇ πρὸς Πισιδίᾳ καὶ τὸ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῶν Ἀντιοχέων.
The kings held this temple in such exceedingly high honor that they declared this royal oath: "By the fortune of the king" and "By the Men of Pharnaces." And this too is a temple of the Moon (Men), just like the one among the Albanians and those in Phrygia, namely, that of Men in the place of the same name, and that of Ascaeus near Antioch near Pisidia, and that in the territory of the Antiochians.