§14.2.20ἐν δὲ τῇ παραλίᾳ τῆς ἠπείρου κατὰ τὴν Μυνδίαν Ἀστυπάλαιά ἐστιν ἄκρα καὶ Ζεφύριον· εἶτʼ εὐθὺς ἡ Μύνδος λιμένα ἔχουσα, καὶ μετὰ ταύτην Βαργύλια, καὶ αὕτη πόλις·
On the coast of the mainland, along the Myndian territory, lie the promontory of Astypalaea and Zephyrium; then immediately comes Myndus, which has a harbor, and after this Bargylia, which is also a city.
ἐν δὲ τῷ μεταξὺ Καρύανδα λιμὴν καὶ νῆσος ὁμώνυμος, ἣν ᾤκουν Καρυανδεῖς.
In the interval between them is Caryanda, a harbor and an island of the same name, which was inhabited by the Caryandians.
ἐντεῦθεν δʼ ἦν καὶ Σκύλαξ ὁ παλαιὸς συγγραφεύς.
From this place came also Scylax, the ancient writer.
πλησίον δʼ ἐστὶ τῶν Βαργυλίων τὸ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν τῆς Κινδυάδος, ὃ πεπιστεύκασι περιύεσθαι· ἦν δέ ποτε καὶ χωρίον Κινδύη.
Near Bargylia is the temple of Artemis Kindyas, which they believe is never touched by rain, though it rains all around it; and there was once also a town called Kindye.
ἐκ δὲ τῶν Βαργυλίων ἀνὴρ ἐλλόγιμος ἦν ὁ Ἐπικούρειος Πρώταρχος, ὁ Δημητρίου καθηγησάμενος τοῦ Λάκωνος προσαγορευθέντος.
From Bargylia came the distinguished Epicurean philosopher Protarchus, who was the teacher of Demetrius surnamed the Laconian.
§14.2.21εἶτʼ Ἰασὸς ἐπὶ νήσῳ κεῖται προσκειμένη τῇ ἠπείρῳ· ἔχει δὲ λιμένα, καὶ τὸ πλεῖστον τοῦ βίου τοῖς ἐνθάδε ἐκ θαλάττης· εὐοψεῖ γὰρ χώραν τʼ ἔχει παράλυπρον.
Next, Iasus lies on an island close to the mainland; it has a harbor, and most of the livelihood of the people here is from the sea, for the country is rich in fish but has a poor soil.
καὶ δὴ καὶ διηγήματα τοιαῦτα πλάττουσιν εἰς αὐτήν· κιθαρῳδοῦ γὰρ ἐπιδεικνυμένου τέως μὲν ἀκροᾶσθαι πάντας· ὡς δʼ ὁ κώδων ὁ κατὰ τὴν ὀψοπωλίαν ἐψόφησε, καταλιπόντας ἀπελθεῖν ἐπὶ τὸ ὄψον πλὴν ἑνὸς δυσκώφου·
Indeed, they invent such stories as this about it: while a citharode was performing, everyone was listening to him for a time, but when the bell that announced the sale of fish rang, they all left him and went away to the fish market except for one man who was very deaf.
τὸν οὖν κιθαρῳδὸν προσιόντα εἰπεῖν ὅτι
ὦ ἄνθρωπε πολλήν σοι χάριν οἶδα τῆς πρός με τιμῆς καὶ φιλομουσίας· οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλοι ἅμα τῷ κώδωνος ἀκοῦσαι ἀπιόντες οἴχονται. ὁ δέ
τί λέγεις;
The citharode, therefore, went up to him and said: "My friend, I am very grateful to you for the honor you show me and for your love of music; for the others, as soon as they heard the bell, have gone and departed." And the man said: "What do you say?
ἔφη
ἤδη γὰρ ὁ κώδων ἐψόφηκεν; εἰπόντος δέ
εὖ σοι εἴη
ἔφη καὶ ἀναστὰς ἀπῆλθε καὶ αὐτός.
Has the bell already rung?" And when the citharode said: "Yes." "Then may good fortune attend you!" he said, and standing up, he too went away.
ἐντεῦθεν δʼ ἦν ὁ διαλεκτικὸς Διόδωρος ὁ Κρόνος προσαγορευθείς, κατʼ ἀρχὰς μὲν ψευδῶς· Ἀπολλώνιος γὰρ ἐκαλεῖτο ὁ Κρόνος, ὁ ἐπιστατήσας ἐκείνου· μετήνεγκαν δʼ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν διὰ τὴν ἀδοξίαν τοῦ κατʼ ἀλήθειαν Κρόνου.
From this place came Diodorus the Dialectician, surnamed Cronus, at first falsely so; for Apollonius was called Cronus, who was his teacher, but they transferred the name to him because of the obscurity of the real Cronus.
§14.2.22μετὰ δʼ Ἰασὸν τὸ τῶν Μιλησίων Ποσείδιον ἔστιν.
After Iasus is the Poseidium of the Milesians.
ἐν δὲ τῇ μεσογαίᾳ τρεῖς εἰσι πόλεις ἀξιόλογοι, Μύλασα Στρατονίκεια Ἀλάβανδα· αἱ δὲ ἄλλαι περιπόλιοι τούτων ἢ τῶν παραλίων, ὧν εἰσιν Ἀμυζὼν Ἡράκλεια Εὔρωμος Χαλκήτορες· τούτων μὲν οὖν ἐλάττων λόγος.
In the interior there are three noteworthy cities, Mylasa, Stratoniceia, and Alabanda; the others are subordinate to these or to the coastal cities, among which are Amyzon, Heracleia, Euromus, and Chalcetores; of these, however, there is less to be said.
§14.2.23τὰ δὲ Μύλασα ἵδρυται ἐν πεδίῳ σφόδρα εὐδαίμονι· ὑπέρκειται δὲ κατὰ κορυφὴν ὄρος αὐτοῦ, λατόμιον λευκοῦ λίθου κάλλιστον ἔχον·
Mylasa is situated in a very fertile plain; and above it, just over its head, rises a mountain which has a very beautiful quarry of white marble.
τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ὄφελός ἐστιν οὐ μικρόν, τὴν λιθείαν πρὸς τὰς οἰκοδομίας ἄφθονον καὶ ἐγγύθεν ἔχον καὶ μάλιστα πρὸς τὰς τῶν ἱερῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων δημοσίων ἔργων κατασκευάς· τοιγάρτοι στοαῖς τε καὶ ναοῖς εἴ τις ἄλλη κεκόσμηται παγκάλως.
This is indeed of no small benefit, as they have an abundant supply of stone close at hand for building, and especially for the construction of temples and other public works; consequently, if any other city is beautifully adorned with porticoes and temples, this one is pre-eminently so.
θαυμάζειν δʼ ἔστι τῶν ὑποβαλόντων οὕτως ἀλόγως τὸ κτίσμα ὀρθίῳ καὶ ὑπερδεξίῳ κρημνῷ· καὶ δὴ τῶν ἡγεμόνων τις εἰπεῖν λέγεται θαυμάσας τὸ πρᾶγμα
ταύτην γάρ
ἔφη
τὴν πόλιν ὁ κτίσας, εἰ μὴ ἐφοβεῖτο, ἆρʼ οὐδʼ ᾐσχύνετο; ἔχουσι δʼ οἱ Μυλασεῖς ἱερὰ δύο τοῦ Διός, τοῦ τε Ὀσογῶα καλουμένου καὶ Λαβραυνδηνοῦ, τὸ μὲν ἐν τῇ πόλει, τὰ δὲ Λάβραυνδα κώμη ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ ὄρει κατὰ τὴν ὑπέρθεσιν τὴν ἐξ Ἀλαβάνδων εἰς τὰ Μύλασα ἄπωθεν τῆς πόλεως·
But one cannot but wonder at the folly of those who laid out the city so unreasonably under a steep and overhanging cliff; indeed, one of the commanders is said to have remarked in astonishment at the matter: "Did the founder of this city, if he did not fear, not even feel ashamed?" The Mylasians have two temples of Zeus, one of Zeus called Osogoa, and the other of Zeus Labraundenus; the former is in the city, while Labraunda is a village in the mountain, on the pass from Alabanda to Mylasa, at a distance from the city.
ἐνταῦθα νεώς ἐστιν ἀρχαῖος καὶ ξόανον Διὸς Στρατίου· τιμᾶται δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν κύκλῳ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν Μυλασέων, ὁδός τε ἔστρωται σχεδόν τι καὶ ἑξήκοντα σταδίων μέχρι τῆς πόλεως ἱερὰ καλουμένη, διʼ ἧς πομποστολεῖται τὰ ἱερά· ἱερῶνται δʼ οἱ ἐπιφανέστατοι τῶν πολιτῶν ἀεὶ διὰ βίου.
In this latter place is an ancient temple and a wooden statue of Zeus Stratios; it is honored by the surrounding peoples and by the Mylasians, and a road has been paved for about sixty stadia as far as the city, called the Sacred Way, along which the sacred processions are conducted; the most distinguished of the citizens always hold the priesthood for life.
ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἴδια τῆς πόλεως.
These, then, are peculiar to the city.
τρίτον δʼ ἐστὶν ἱερὸν τοῦ Καρίου Διὸς κοινὸν ἁπάντων Καρῶν, οὗ μέτεστι καὶ Λυδοῖς καὶ Μυσοῖς ὡς ἀδελφοῖς.
A third temple is that of the Carian Zeus, common to all Carians, in which the Lydians and Mysians also share as brothers.
ἱστορεῖται δὲ κώμη ὑπάρξαι τὸ παλαιόν, πατρὶς δὲ καὶ βασίλειον τῶν Καρῶν τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἑκατόμνω·
It is recorded that Mylasa was anciently a village, but the homeland and palace of the Carians of the family of Hecatomnus.
πλησιάζει δὲ μάλιστα τῇ κατὰ Φύσκον θαλάττῃ ἡ πόλις, καὶ τοῦτʼ ἐστὶν αὐτοῖς ἐπίνειον.
The city is closest to the sea at Physcus, and this is their seaport.