§14.1.11ἔνθεν ἐν σταδίοις τέτταρσι κώμη Καρικὴ Θυμβρία, παρʼ ἣν ἄορνόν ἐστι σπήλαιον ἱερόν, Χαρώνιον λεγόμενον, ὀλεθρίους ἔχον ἀποφοράς.
From there, at a distance of four stadia, is the Carian village Thymbria, near which is a sacred, birdless cave called the Charonion, which has destructive emanations.
ὑπέρκειται δὲ Μαγνησία ἡ πρὸς Μαιάνδρῳ, Μαγνήτων ἀποικία τῶν ἐν Θετταλίᾳ καὶ Κρητῶν, περὶ ἧς αὐτίκα ἐροῦμεν.
Above it lies Magnesia on the Maeander, a colony of the Magnetes in Thessaly and of the Cretans, of which we shall speak immediately.
§14.1.12μετὰ δὲ τὰς ἐκβολὰς τοῦ Μαιάνδρου ὁ κατὰ Πριήνην ἐστὶν αἰγιαλός· ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ δʼ ἡ Πριήνη καὶ Μυκάλη τὸ ὄρος εὔθηρον καὶ εὔδενδρον.
After the mouth of the Maeander is the coast along Priene; and above it lies Priene and Mount Mycale, rich in wild beasts and well-wooded.
ἐπίκειται δὲ τῇ Σαμίᾳ καὶ ποιεῖ πρὸς αὐτὴν ἐπέκεινα τῆς Τρωγιλίου καλουμένης ἄκρας ὅσον ἑπταστάδιον πορθμόν.
It lies opposite the Samian territory and forms, beyond the cape called Trogilium, a strait of about seven stadia with it.
λέγεται δʼ ὑπό τινων ἡ Πριήνη Κάδμη, ἐπειδὴ Φιλωτᾶς ὁ ἐπικτίσας αὐτὴν Βοιώτιος ὑπῆρχεν· ἐκ Πριήνης δʼ ἦν Βίας εἷς τῶν ἑπτὰ σοφῶν, περὶ οὗ φησιν οὕτως Ἱππῶναξ
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καὶ δικάσσασθαι Βίαντος τοῦ Πριηνέως κρέσσον. " §14.1.13τῆς δὲ Τρωγιλίου πρόκειται νησίον ὁμώνυμον· ἐντεῦθεν δὲ τὸ ἐγγυτάτω δίαρμά ἐστιν ἐπὶ Σούνιον σταδίων χιλίων ἑξακοσίων, κατʼ ἀρχὰς μὲν Σάμον ἐν δεξιᾷ ἔχοντι καὶ Ἰκαρίαν καὶ Κορσίας, τοὺς δὲ Μελαντίους σκοπέλους ἐξ εὐωνύμων, τὸ λοιπὸν δὲ διὰ μέσων τῶν Κυκλάδων νήσων.
Priene is called Cadme by some, since Phylotas, who jointly founded it, was a Boeotian; and from Priene was Bias, one of the seven wise men, of whom Hipponax speaks thus: "And to plead a case better than Bias of Priene." In front of Trogilium lies an islet of the same name; and from there is the shortest crossing to Sunium of sixteen hundred stadia, having at the beginning Samos on the right, and Icaria and the Corsiae, and the Melantian rocks on the left, and for the rest passing through the midst of the Cyclades islands.
καὶ αὐτὴ δʼ ἡ Τρωγίλιος ἄκρα πρόπους τις τῆς Μυκάλης ἐστί.
And Trogilium cape itself is a kind of foot of Mycale.
τῇ Μυκάλῃ δʼ ὄρος ἄλλο πρόσκειται τῆς Ἐφεσίας Πακτύης· καὶ ἡ Μεσωγὶς δὲ εἰς αὐτὴν καταστρέφει.
To Mycale another mountain is adjacent, Pactyes of the Ephesian territory; and Mesogis also terminates at it.
§14.1.14ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς Τρωγιλίου στάδιοι τετταράκοντα εἰς τὴν Σάμον· βλέπει δὲ πρὸς νότον καὶ αὐτὴ καὶ ὁ λιμὴν ἔχων ναύσταθμον.
From Trogilium it is forty stadia to Samos; and both the island itself and the harbor, which has a naval station, face south.
ἔστι δʼ αὐτῆς ἐν ἐπιπέδῳ τὸ πλέον ὑπὸ τῆς θαλάττης κλυζόμενον, μέρος δέ τι καὶ εἰς τὸ ὄρος ἀνέχει τὸ ὑπερκείμενον.
Most of it is on a level surface washed by the sea, but a certain part also extends up into the mountain lying above.
ἐν δεξιᾷ μὲν οὖν προσπλέουσι πρὸς τὴν πόλιν ἔστι τὸ Ποσείδιον ἄκρα ἡ ποιοῦσα πρὸς τὴν Μυκάλην τὸν ἑπταστάδιον πορθμόν, ἔχει δὲ νεὼν Ποσειδῶνος· πρόκειται δʼ αὐτοῦ νησίδιον ἡ Ναρθηκίς· ἐπʼ ἀριστερᾷ δὲ τὸ προάστειον τὸ πρὸς τῷ Ἡραίῳ καὶ ὁ Ἴμβρασος ποταμὸς καὶ τὸ Ἡραῖον, ἀρχαῖον ἱερὸν καὶ νεὼς μέγας, ὃς νῦν πινακοθήκη ἐστί· χωρὶς δὲ τοῦ πλήθους τῶν ἐνταῦθα κειμένων πινάκων ἄλλαι πινακοθῆκαι καὶ ναΐσκοι τινές εἰσι πλήρεις τῶν ἀρχαίων τεχνῶν· τό τε ὕπαιθρον ὁμοίως μεστὸν ἀνδριάντων ἐστὶ τῶν ἀρίστων· ὧν τρία Μύρωνος ἔργα κολοσσικὰ ἱδρυμένα ἐπὶ μιᾶς βάσεως, ἃ ἦρε μὲν Ἀντώνιος ἀνέθηκε δὲ πάλιν ὁ Σεβαστὸς Καῖσαρ εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν βάσιν τὰ δύο, τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν καὶ τὸν Ἡρακλέα, τὸν δὲ Δία εἰς τὸ Καπετώλιον μετήνεγκε κατασκευάσας αὐτῷ ναΐσκον.
On the right, then, for those sailing toward the city, is the Posidium cape which forms the seven-stadia strait with Mycale, and it has a temple of Poseidon; in front of it lies the islet Narthecis; and on the left is the suburb near the Heraeum, the river Imbrasus, and the Heraeum, an ancient sanctuary and a great temple, which is now a picture gallery; and besides the multitude of pictures placed there, there are other picture galleries and some small temples full of ancient works of art; and the open air is likewise full of the finest statues; three of which, colossal works of Myron, were dedicated on a single base, which Antony removed, but Augustus Caesar dedicated two of them again on the same base, Athena and Heracles, but transferred the Zeus to the Capitol, having constructed a small temple for it.
§14.1.15περίπλους δʼ ἐστὶ τῆς Σαμίων νήσου σταδίων ἑξακοσίων.
The circumnavigation of the island of the Samians is six hundred stadia.
ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Παρθενία πρότερον οἰκούντων Καρῶν, εἶτα Ἀνθεμοῦς, εἶτα Μελάμφυλλος, εἶτα Σάμος, εἴτʼ ἀπό τινος ἐπιχωρίου ἥρωος εἴτʼ ἐξ Ἰθάκης καὶ Κεφαλληνίας ἀποικήσαντος.
It was called Parthenia formerly when Carians inhabited it, then Anthemus, then Melamphyllus, then Samos, either from some local hero or from one who emigrated from Ithaca and Cephallenia.
καλεῖται μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄκρα τις Ἄμπελος βλέπουσά πως πρὸς τὸ τῆς Ἰκαρίας Δρέπανον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ὄρος ἅπαν ὃ ποιεῖ τὴν ὅλην νῆσον ὀρεινὴν ὁμωνύμως λέγεται· ἔστι δʼ οὐκ εὔοινος, καίπερ εὐοινουσῶν τῶν κύκλῳ νήσων, καὶ τῆς ἠπείρου σχεδόν τι τῆς προσεχοῦς πάσης τοὺς ἀρίστους ἐκφερούσης οἴνους· οἷον Χίου καὶ Λέσβου καὶ Κῶ· καὶ μὴν καὶ ὁ Ἐφέσιος καὶ Μητροπολίτης ἀγαθοί, ἥ τε Μεσωγὶς καὶ ὁ Τμῶλος καὶ ἡ Κατακεκαυμένη καὶ Κνίδος καὶ Σμύρνα καὶ ἄλλοι ἀσημότεροι τόποι διαφόρως χρηστοινοῦσιν ἢ πρὸς ἀπόλαυσιν ἢ πρὸς διαίτας ἰατρικάς.
Now, a certain cape is also called Ampelus, looking somewhat toward Drepanum of Icaria, but the whole mountain which makes the entire island mountainous is also called by the same name; and it is not producing good wine, although the surrounding islands produce good wine, and almost the whole adjacent mainland brings forth the finest wines, such as Chios, Lesbos, and Cos; moreover, the Ephesian and the Metropolitan are good, and Mesogis, Tmolus, Catacecaumene, Cnidus, Smyrna, and other less famous places produce extraordinarily good wine, either for enjoyment or for medicinal diets.
περὶ μὲν οἴνους οὐ πάνυ εὐτυχεῖ Σάμος, τὰ δʼ ἄλλα εὐδαίμων, ὡς δῆλον ἔκ τε τοῦ περιμάχητον γενέσθαι καὶ ἐκ τοῦ τοὺς ἐπαινοῦντας μὴ ὀκνεῖν ἐφαρμόττειν αὐτῇ τὴν λέγουσαν παροιμίαν ὅτι φέρει καὶ ὀρνίθων γάλα. τοῦτο δὲ καὶ τῶν τυραννίδων αἴτιον αὐτῇ κατέστη καὶ τῆς πρὸς Ἀθηναίους ἔχθρας.
In respect of wines Samos is not at all fortunate, but in other respects it is prosperous, as is clear both from its becoming a object of contention and from those who praise it not hesitating to apply to it the proverb saying that 'it bears even birds' milk.' And this became for it the cause of tyrannies and of its enmity toward the Athenians.