§12.3.40λοιπὴ δʼ ἐστὶν ἡ ἐκτὸς Ἅλυος χώρα τῆς Ποντικῆς ἐπαρχίας ἡ περὶ τὸν Ὄλγασσυν, συναφὴς τῇ Σινωπίδι.
There remains of the Pontic province the country outside the Halys, that around Olgassys, which borders on the territory of Sinope.
ἔστι δʼ ὁ Ὄλγασσυς ὄρος σφόδρα ὑψηλὸν καὶ δύσβατον· καὶ ἱερὰ τοῦ ὄρους τούτου πανταχοῦ καθιδρυμένα ἔχουσιν οἱ Παφλαγόνες.
Olgassys is an exceedingly high and inaccessible mountain, and the Paphlagonians have temples of this mountain established everywhere.
περίκειται δʼ ἱκανῶς χώρα ἀγαθὴ ἥ τε Βλαηνὴ καὶ ἡ Δομανῖτις, διʼ ἧς Ἀμνίας ῥεῖ ποταμός.
Around it lies a sufficiently fertile country, both Blaene and Domanitis, through which flows the Amnias River.
ἐνταῦθα Μιθριδάτης ὁ Εὐπάτωρ τὰς Νικομήδους τοῦ Βιθυνοῦ δυνάμεις ἄρδην ἠφάνισεν, οὐκ αὐτὸς παρατυχὼν ἀλλὰ διὰ τῶν στρατηγῶν· καὶ ὁ μὲν φεύγων μετʼ ὀλίγων εἰς τὴν οἰκείαν ἐσώθη κἀκεῖθεν εἰς Ἰταλίαν ἔπλευσεν, ὁ δʼ ἠκολούθησε καὶ τήν τε Βιθυνίαν εἷλεν ἐξ ἐφόδου καὶ τὴν Ἀσίαν κατέσχε μέχρι Καρίας καὶ Λυκίας.
Here Mithridates Eupator utterly destroyed the forces of Nicomedes the Bithynian, not being present himself but acting through his generals; and the former, fleeing with a few companions, escaped to his own country and from there sailed to Italy, while the latter pursued him and captured Bithynia at the first onset, and held Asia as far as Caria and Lycia.
κἀνταῦθα δʼ ἀπεδείχθη πόλις ἡ Πομπηιούπολις· ἐν δὲ τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ τὸ σανδαρακουργεῖον οὐ πολὺ ἄπωθεν Πιμωλίσων, φρουρίου βασιλικοῦ κατεσκαμμένου, ἀφʼ οὗ ἡ χώρα ἡ ἑκατέρωθεν τοῦ ποταμοῦ καλεῖται Πιμωλισηνή.
And here too a city was established, Pompeiopolis; and in this city, or not far from it, is the sandarac mine, near Pimolisa, a demolished royal fortress, after which the country on both sides of the river is called Pimolisene.
τὸ δὲ σανδαρακουργεῖον ὄρος κοῖλόν ἐστιν ἐκ τῆς μεταλλείας, ὑπεληλυθότων αὐτὸ τῶν ἐργαζομένων διώρυξι μεγάλαις· εἰργάζοντο δὲ δημοσιῶναι μεταλλευταῖς χρώμενοι τοῖς ἀπὸ κακουργίας ἀγοραζομένοις ἀνδραπόδοις· πρὸς γὰρ τῷ ἐπιπόνῳ τοῦ ἔργου καὶ θανάσιμον καὶ δύσοιστον εἶναι τὸν ἀέρα φασὶ τὸν ἐν τοῖς μετάλλοις διὰ τὴν βαρύτητα τῆς τῶν βώλων ὀδμῆς, ὥστε ὠκύμορα εἶναι τὰ σώματα.
The mountain containing the sandarac mine is hollowed out by mining, the workmen having penetrated into it with large galleries; it was worked by publicans, who used as miners slaves purchased from among those condemned for crimes; for they say that in addition to the painfulness of the labor, the air in the mines is deadly and hard to bear because of the heavy odor of the ore, so that their bodies are short-lived.
καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐκλείπεσθαι συμβαίνει πολλάκις τὴν μεταλλείαν διὰ τὸ ἀλυσιτελές, πλειόνων μὲν ἢ διακοσίων ὄντων τῶν ἐργαζομένων, συνεχῶς δὲ νόσοις καὶ φθοραῖς δαπανωμένων.
And indeed, it often happens that the mining is abandoned because of its unprofitableness, although there are more than two hundred workmen, who are continually consumed by diseases and deaths.
τοσαῦτα καὶ περὶ τοῦ Πόντου εἰρήσθω.
Let so much be said about Pontus.
§12.3.41μετὰ δὲ τὴν Πομπηιούπολιν ἡ λοιπὴ τῆς Παφλαγονίας ἐστὶ τῆς μεσογαίας μέχρι Βιθυνίας ἰοῦσι πρὸς δύσιν.
After Pompeiopolis comes the rest of inland Paphlagonia for those going westward towards Bithynia.
ταύτης δὲ καίπερ ὀλίγης οὔσης μικρὸν μὲν πρὸ ἡμῶν ἦρχον πλείους, νῦν δʼ ἔχουσι Ῥωμαῖοι τοῦ γένους τῶν βασιλέων ἐκλιπόντος.
Of this country, although it is small, several rulers held sway a little before our time, but now the Romans possess it, the royal lineage having failed.
ὀνομάζουσι δʼ οὖν τὴν ὅμορον τῇ Βιθυνίᾳ Τιμωνῖτιν καὶ τὴν Γεζατόριγος καὶ Μαρμωλῖτίν τε καὶ Σανισηνὴν καὶ Ποταμίαν·
At any rate, they call the territory bordering on Bithynia by the names Timonitis, the land of Gezatorix, Marmolitis, Sanisene, and Potamia.
ἦν δέ τις καὶ Κιμιατηνή, ἐν ᾗ τὰ Κιμίατα, φρούριον ἐρυμνόν, ὑποκείμενον τῇ τοῦ Ὀλγάσσυος ὀρεινῇ, ᾧ χρησάμενος ὁρμητηρίῳ Μιθριδάτης ὁ κτίστης προσαγορευθεὶς κατέστη τοῦ Πόντου κύριος, καὶ οἱ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τὴν διαδοχὴν ἐφύλαξαν μέχρι τοῦ Εὐπάτορος.
There was also a certain Cimiatene, in which was Cimiata, a strong fortress situated at the foot of the mountainous country of Olgassys, which Mithridates, surnamed the Founder, used as a base of operations and made himself master of Pontus, and his successors preserved the succession down to Eupator.
ὕστατος δὲ τῆς Παφλαγονίας ἦρξε Δηιόταρος, Κάστορος υἱὸς ὁ προσαγορευθεὶς φιλάδελφος, τὸ Μορζέου βασίλειον ἔχων τὰ Γάγγρα πολισμάτιον ἅμα καὶ φρούριον.
The last ruler of Paphlagonia was Deiotarus, son of Castor, surnamed Philadelphus, who held the royal residence of Morzeus, Gangra, which is at once a small town and a fortress.
§12.3.42Εὔδοξος δʼ ὀρυκτοὺς ἰχθῦς ἐν Παφλαγονίᾳ λέγων ἐν ξηροῖς τόποις οὐ διορίζει τὸν τόπον, ἐν ὑγροῖς δὲ περὶ τὴν Ἀσκανίαν λίμνην φησὶ τὴν ὑπὸ Κίῳ, λέγων οὐδὲν σαφές.
Eudoxus, when speaking of "dug-up fish" in Paphlagonia in dry places, does not specify the place, and for wet places he says they are around Lake Ascania near Cius, saying nothing clear.
ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ τὴν ὅμορον τῷ Πόντῳ Παφλαγονίαν ἐκτιθέμεθα, τοῖς δὲ Παφλαγόσιν ὁμοροῦσιν οἱ Βιθυνοὶ πρὸς δύσιν, πειρασόμεθα καὶ τὰ τούτων ἐπελθεῖν· ἔπειτα λαβόντες ἀρχὴν ἄλλην ἔκ τε τούτων καὶ τῶν Παφλαγόνων τὰ ἑξῆς τούτων τὰ πρὸς νότον μέχρι τοῦ Ταύρου συνυφανοῦμεν τὰ παράλληλα τῷ Πόντῳ καὶ τῇ Καππαδοκίᾳ· τοιαύτην γάρ τινα ὑπογράφει τάξιν καὶ μερισμὸν ἡ τῶν τόπων φύσις.
But since we have described Paphlagonia which borders on Pontus, and on the west the Bithynians border on the Paphlagonians, we shall attempt to go over their territory also; then, taking another starting point from these and the Paphlagonians, we shall weave together the parts next to these towards the south as far as the Taurus, parallel to Pontus and Cappadocia; for the nature of the places outlines some such order and division.