§6.3.10ταῦτα μὲν οὖν κατʼ Ἀρτεμίδωρον κεῖται τὰ διαστήματα.
\nThese distances, then, are set down according to Artemidorus.
φησὶ δʼ ὁ χωρογράφος τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ Βρεντεσίου μέχρι Γαργάνου μιλίων ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα πέντε, πλεονάζει δὲ αὐτὰ Ἀρτεμίδωρος· ἐντεῦθεν δʼ εἰς Ἀγκῶνα διακόσια πεντήκοντα τέτταρα μίλιά φησιν ἐκεῖνος, ὁ δʼ Ἀρτεμίδωρος εἰς Αἶσιν πλησίον τα τοῦ Ἀγκῶνος σταδίους εἴρηκε χιλίους διακοσίους πεντήκοντα, πολὺ ἐνδεέστερον ἐκείνου·
But the Chorographer says that the distance from Brentesium to Garganon is one hundred and sixty-five miles, and Artemidorus makes it more than this; and from there to Ancon, that writer says it is two hundred and fifty-four miles, whereas Artemidorus has stated that the distance to Aesis, near Ancon, is one thousand two hundred and fifty stadia, which is much less than the former's estimate.
Πολύβιος δʼ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰαπυγίας μεμιλιᾶσθαί φησι καὶ εἶναι μίλια πεντακόσια ἑξήκοντα δύο εἰς Σήναν πόλιν, ἐντεῦθεν δʼ εἰς Ἀκυληίαν ἑκατὸν ἑβδομήκοντα ὀκτώ.
Polybius says that the distance has been measured in miles from Iapygia, and that it is five hundred and sixty-two miles to the city of Sena, and from there to Aquileia one hundred and seventy-eight.
οὐχ ὁμολογοῦντες τῷ φερομένῳ διαστήματι τῆς Ἰλλυρικῆς παραλίας ἀπὸ τῶν Κεραυνίων ὀρῶν ἐπὶ τὸν τοῦ Ἀδρίου μυχόν, ὑπὲρ ἑξακισχιλίων τοῦτον τὸν παράπλουν ἀποφαίνοντες καὶ μείζω καθιστάντες ἐκείνου πολὺ ἐλάττονα ὄντα.
They do not agree with the commonly accepted distance of the Illyrian coast from the Ceraunian Mountains to the innermost recess of the Adriatic, declaring this voyage to be over six thousand stadia and making it larger than that other, although it is actually much smaller.
καὶ πάντες δὲ πρὸς ἅπαντας μάλιστα περὶ τῶν διαστημάτων οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσι πρὸς ἀλλήλους, ὡς πολλάκις ἐλέγομεν.
And indeed, almost all of them, as we have often said, do not agree with one another, especially concerning distances.
ἡμεῖς δʼ ὅπου μὲν ἐπικρίνειν δυνατόν, ἐκφέρομεν τὸ δοκοῦν ἡμῖν, ὅπου δὲ μή, τὰ ἐκείνων εἰς μέσον οἰόμεθα δεῖν τιθέναι.
For our part, where it is possible to pass judgment, we bring forward what seems correct to us, and where it is not, we think we ought to place their opinions in the middle.
ἐὰν δὲ μηδὲν παρʼ ἐκείνων ἔχωμεν, οὐδὲν θαυμαστὸν οὐδʼ εἰ παρελείψαμέν τι καὶ ἡμεῖς, ἐν τοιαύτῃ καὶ ταῦθʼ ὑποθέσει· τῶν μὲν γὰρ μεγάλων οὐδὲν ἂν παραλίποιμεν, τὰ δὲ μικρὰ καὶ γνωρισθέντα μικρὸν ὤνησε καὶ παραπεμφθέντα ἔλαθε καὶ οὐδὲν ἢ πολὺ τοῦ παντελοῦς ἔργου παρέλυσε.
If we have nothing from them, it is not at all surprising if we too have passed something over, especially in a subject of this kind; for of the great things we would pass nothing over, while the small things, even if known, are of little benefit, and if passed by unnoticed, they do not at all, or only very little, impair the work as a whole.\n\nImmediately after Garganon, a deep gulf receives you.
§6.3.11μεταξὺ δʼ εὐθὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ Γαργάνου κόλπος ὑποδέχεται βαθύς· οἱ δὲ περιοικοῦντες ἰδίως Ἄπουλοι προσαγορεύονται, εἰσὶ δὲ ὁμόγλωττοι μὲν τοῖς Δαυνίοις καὶ Πευκετίοις·
The inhabitants around it are specifically called Apuli, and they speak the same language as the Daunii and the Peucetii; nor do they differ from them in other respects at the present time, though in ancient times they likely differed, which is why different names for them all prevail.
οὐδὲ τἆλλα δὲ διαφέρουσιν ἐκείνων τό γε νῦν, τὸ δὲ πάλαι διαφέρειν εἰκός, ὅθενπερ καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα ἐναντία πάντων ἐπικρατεῖν. πρότερον μὲν οὖν ηὐτύχει αὕτη πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, Ἀννίβας δὲ καὶ οἱ ὕστερον πόλεμοι ἠρήμωσαν αὐτήν· ἐνταῦθα δὲ καὶ τὰ περὶ Κάννας συνέβη, ὅπου πλεῖστος ὄλεθρος σωμάτων Ῥωμαίοις καὶ τοῖς συμμάχοις ἐγένετο.
Now formerly all this land was prosperous, but Hannibal and the later wars laid it waste; and here also occurred the events around Cannae, where the greatest destruction of lives befell the Romans and their allies.
ἐν δὲ τῷ κόλπῳ λίμνη ἐστίν, ὑπὲρ δὲ τῆς λίμνης ἐν μεσογαίᾳ τὸ Ἄπουλον Τέανον, ὁμώνυμον τῷ Σιδικίνῳ· καθʼ ὃ δοκεῖ συνάγεσθαι τὸ τῆς Ἰταλίας πλάτος ἐφʼ ἱκανὸν πρὸς τοὺς περὶ Δικαιάρχειαν τόπους, ἐλαττόνων ἢ χιλίων σταδίων ἀπὸ θαλάττης ἐπὶ θάλατταν ἰσθμὸν καταλεῖπον.
In the gulf is a lake, and above the lake in the interior is Apulum Teanum, homonymous with the Sidicinum; at which point the width of Italy seems to contract considerably towards the region of Dicaearchia, leaving an isthmus of less than a thousand stadia from sea to sea.
μετὰ δὲ τὴν λίμνην ἐπὶ τοὺς Φρεντανοὺς καὶ τὴν Βοῦκαν παράπλους ἐστί· διακόσιοι δʼ εἰσὶν ἐφʼ ἑκάτερα στάδιοι τῆς λίμνης ἐπί τε τὴν Βοῦκαν καὶ τὸ Γάργανον.
After the lake is the voyage to the Frentani and Buca; and the distance is two hundred stadia each way from the lake, both to Buca and to Garganon.
τὰ δʼ ἑξῆς τοῖς περὶ Βοῦκαν εἴρηται πρότερον.
The things next in order after Buca have been mentioned before.