§4.2.1̔εξῆς δὲ περὶ τῶν Ἀκυιτανῶν λεκτέον καὶ τῶν προσωρισμένων αὐτοῖς ἐθνῶν τετταρεσκαίδεκα Γαλατικῶν τῶν μεταξὺ τοῦ Γαρούνα κατοικούντων καὶ τοῦ Λίγηρος, ὧν ἔνια ἐπιλαμβάνει καὶ τῆς τοῦ Ῥοδανοῦ ποταμίας καὶ τῶν πεδίων τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ναρβωνῖτιν.
Next we must speak of the Aquitanians and of the fourteen Gallic tribes which have been additionally assigned to them, who dwell between the Garunas and the Liger; some of these tribes even touch upon the region of the river Rhodanus and the plains near Narbonitis.
ἁπλῶς γὰρ εἰπεῖν, οἱ Ἀκυιτανοὶ διαφέρουσι τοῦ Γαλατικοῦ φύλου κατά τε τὰς τῶν σωμάτων κατασκευὰς καὶ κατὰ τὴν γλῶτταν, ἐοίκασι δὲ μᾶλλον Ἴβηρσιν.
To speak simply, the Aquitanians differ from the Gallic race both in their bodily constitutions and in their language, and they resemble the Iberians more.
ὁρίζονται δὲ τῷ Γαρούνᾳ ποταμῷ ἐντὸς τούτου καὶ τῆς Πυρήνης οἰκοῦντες.
They are bounded by the river Garunas, dwelling within this and the Pyrenees.
ἔστι δὲ ἔθνη τῶν Ἀκυιτανῶν πλείω μὲν τῶν εἴκοσι, μικρὰ δὲ καὶ ἄδοξα τὰ πολλά, μὲν παρωκεανιτικὰ τὰ δὲ εἰς τὴν μεσόγαιαν καὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν Κεμμένων ὀρῶν μέχρι Τεκτοσάγων ἀνέχοντα.
There are more than twenty tribes of the Aquitanians, but most of them are small and obscure; some dwell along the ocean, while others extend into the interior and to the heights of the Cemmenus Mountains as far as the Tectosages.
ἐπειδὴ δὲ μικρὰ μερὶς ἦν ἡ τοσαύτη, προσέθεσαν καὶ τὴν μεταξὺ τοῦ Γαρούνα καὶ τοῦ Λίγηρος.
But since this portion was so small, they added to it the territory between the Garunas and the Liger.
παράλληλοι δέ πώς εἰσιν οἱ ποταμοὶ τῇ Πυρήνῃ καὶ δύο ποιοῦσι παραλληλόγραμμα πρὸς αὐτὴν χωρία, ὁριζόμενα κατὰ τὰς ἄλλας πλευρὰς τῷ τε ὠκεανῷ καὶ τοῖς Κεμμένοις ὄρεσι· δισχιλίων δʼ ὁμοῦ τι σταδίων ἐστὶν ὁ πλοῦς ἑκατέρων τῶν ποταμῶν.
These rivers are in a way parallel to the Pyrenees and form with it two parallelogram-shaped tracts, bounded on the other sides by the ocean and the Cemmenus Mountains; the navigation of each of the two rivers is about two thousand stadia.
ἐκβάλλει δʼ ὁ μὲν Γαρούνας τρισὶ ποταμοῖς αὐξηθεὶς εἰς τὸ μεταξὺ Βιτουρίγων τε τῶν Ὀΐσκων ἐπικαλουμένων καὶ Σαντόνων, ἀμφοτέρων Γαλατικῶν ἐθνῶν· μόνον γὰρ δὴ τὸ τῶν Βιτουρίγων τούτων ἔθνος ἐν τοῖς Ἀκυιτανοῖς ἀλλόφυλον ἵδρυται, καὶ οὐ συντελεῖ αὐτοῖς, ἔχει δὲ ἐμπόριον Βουρδίγαλα ἐπικείμενον λιμνοθαλάττῃ τινί, ἣν ποιοῦσιν αἱ ἐκβολαὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ.
The Garunas, increased by three rivers, empties into the sea between the Bituriges who are called Uisci and the Santoni, both of whom are Gallic tribes; for indeed this tribe of the Bituriges alone is settled among the Aquitanians as a foreign race, and does not pay tribute to them, but has an emporium, Burdigala, situated on a certain lagoon formed by the outlets of the river.
ὁ δὲ Λίγηρ μεταξὺ Πικτόνων τε καὶ Ναμνιτῶν ἐκβάλλει.
The Liger empties between the Pictones and the Namnetes.
πρότερον δὲ Κορβιλὼν ὑπῆρχεν ἐμπόριον ἐπὶ τούτῳ τῷ ποταμῷ, περὶ ἧς εἴρηκε Πολύβιος, μνησθεὶς τῶν ὑπὸ Πυθέου μυθολογηθέντων, ὅτι Μασσαλιωτῶν μὲν τῶν συμμιξάντων Σκιπίωνι οὐδεὶς εἶχε λέγειν οὐδὲν μνήμης ἄξιον ἐρωτηθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ Σκιπίωνος περὶ τῆς Βρεττανικῆς, οὐδὲ τῶν ἐκ Νάρβωνος οὐδὲ τῶν ἐκ Κορβιλῶνος, αἵπερ ἦσαν ἄρισται πόλεις τῶν ταύτῃ, Πυθέας δʼ ἐθάρρησε τοσαῦτα ψεύσασθαι.
Formerly, Corbilo was an emporium on this river, concerning which Polybius has spoken, mentioning the mythical stories told by Pytheas, namely, that of the Massaliotes who associated with Scipio, none had anything worth remembering to say when questioned by Scipio about Britain, nor had those from Narbo nor those from Corbilo, which were the best cities in this region, yet Pytheas dared to tell so many falsehoods.
τῶν δὲ Σαντόνων πόλις ἐστὶ Μεδιολάνιον.
The city of the Santoni is Mediolanium.
ἔστι δʼ ἡ μὲν παρωκεανῖτις τῶν Ἀκυιτανῶν ἀμμώδης ἡ πλείστη καὶ λεπτή, κέγχρῳ τρέφουσα, τοῖς δὲ ἄλλοις καρποῖς ἀφορωτέρα.
Most of the ocean coast of the Aquitanians is sandy and thin, producing millet, but rather unfruitful in other crops.
ἐνταῦθα δʼ ἐστὶ καὶ ὁ κόλπος ὁ ποιῶν τὸν ἰσθμὸν πρὸς τὸν ἐν τῇ Ναρβωνίτιδι παραλίᾳ Γαλατικὸν κόλπον, ὁμώνυμος ἐκείνῳ καὶ αὐτός.
Here is also the gulf which forms the isthmus with the Gallic Gulf on the Narbonite coast, and is itself of the same name.
ἔχουσι δὲ Τάρβελλοι τὸν κόλπον, παρʼ οἷς ἐστι τὰ χρυσεῖα σπουδαιότατα πάντων· ἐν γὰρ βόθροις ὀρυχθεῖσιν ἐπὶ μικρὸν εὑρίσκονται καὶ χειροπληθεῖς χρυσίου πλάκες ἔσθʼ ὅτε μικρᾶς ἀποκαθάρσεως δεόμεναι.
The Tarbelli possess this gulf, in whose territory are the most valuable gold mines of all; for in shallow pits that are dug, slabs of gold as large as the hand are sometimes found, requiring but little refining.
τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν ψῆγμά ἐστι καὶ βῶλοι, καὶ αὗται κατεργασίαν οὐ πολλὴν ἔχουσαι.
The rest consists of dust and nuggets, and these too require not much working.
ἡ δὲ μεσόγειος καὶ ὀρεινὴ βελτίω γῆν ἔχει, πρὸς μὲν τῇ Πυρήνῃ τὴν τῶν Κωνουενῶν, ὅ ἐστι συνηλύδων, ἐν ᾗ πόλις Λούγδουνον καὶ τὰ τῶν Ὀνησιῶν θερμὰ κάλλιστα ποτιμωτάτου ὕδατος· καλὴ δὲ καὶ ἡ τῶν Αὐσκίων.
The interior and mountainous part has better land, such as the territory of the Convenae (which means "assembled people") near the Pyrenees, in which is the city of Lugdunum and the hot springs of the Onesii, which are the most beautiful and consist of the most drinkable water; the country of the Ausci is also beautiful.