§7.fragments.35ἔστι δʼ ὁ Ἄθως ὄρος ὑψηλὸν καὶ μαστοειδές, ὥστε τοὺς ἐν ταῖς κορυφαῖς ἤδη ἀνίσχοντος ἡλίου κάμνειν ἀροῦντας, ἡνίκα ἀλεκτοροφωνίας ἀρχὴ παρὰ τοῖς τὴν ἀκτὴν οἰκοῦσίν ἐστιν.
Athos is a high and breast-shaped mountain, so that those on the summits are already weary of plowing when the sun rises, while it is only the beginning of cock-crowing for those who inhabit the coast.
ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀκτῇ ταύτῃ Θάμυρις ὁ Θρᾷξ ἐβασίλευσε, τῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων γεγονὼς ὧν καὶ Ὀρφεύς.
And on this coast Thamyris the Thracian reigned, who followed the same pursuits as Orpheus.
ἐνταῦθα δὲ καὶ διῶρυξ δείκνυται ἡ περὶ τὴν Ἄκανθον, καθʼ ἣν Ξέρξης τὸν Ἄθω διορύξαι λέγεται καὶ διαγαγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ Στρυμονικοῦ κόλπου διὰ τοῦ ἰσθμοῦ, δεξάμενος τὴν θάλασσαν εἰς τὴν διώρυγα.
And here also is shown the canal around Acanthus, along which Xerxes is said to have dug through Athos and conducted his fleet from the Strymonic Gulf through the isthmus, after admitting the sea into the canal.
Δημήτριος δʼ ὁ Σκήψιος οὐκ οἴεται πλευσθῆναι τὴν διώρυγα ταύτην· μέχρι μὲν γὰρ δέκα σταδίων εὔγεων καὶ ὀρυκτὴν εἶναι, διορωρύχθαι δʼ ἐπὶ πλάτος πλεθριαῖον, εἶθʼ ὑψηλὸν εἶναι πλαταμῶνα σταδιαῖον σχεδόν τι τὸ μῆκος, ὅσον οὐκ ἐνὸν ἐκλατομηθῆναι διʼ ὅλου μέχρι θαλάσσης· εἰ δὲ καὶ μέχρι δεῦρο, οὔ γε καὶ κατὰ βυθοῦ ὥστε πόρον γενέσθαι πλωτόν· ὅπου Ἀλέξαρχον τὸν Ἀντιπάτρου πόλιν ὑποδείμασθαι τὴν Οὐρανόπολιν τριάκοντα σταδίων τὸν κύκλον ἔχουσαν.
But Demetrius of Scepsis does not believe that this canal was sailed through; for he says that up to ten stadia the ground is good and has been excavated, and has been dug to the width of a plethron, but then there is a high, flat rock, almost a stadium in length, which could not possibly be quarried out all the way to the sea; and even if it was dug as far as this, it was certainly not to a depth so as to make a navigable passage; where Alexarchus, the son of Antipater, founded the city of Uranopolis, which has a circumference of thirty stadia.
ᾤκησαν δὲ τὴν χερρόνησον ταύτην τῶν ἐκ Λήμνου Πελασγῶν τινες, εἰς πέντε διῃρημένοι πολίσματα, Κλεωνὰς Ὀλόφυξιν Ἀκροθώους Δῖον Θύσσον.
And some of the Pelasgians from Lemnos inhabited this peninsula, divided into five small towns, Cleonae, Olophyxus, Acrothoi, Dium, and Thyssus.
μετὰ δὲ Ἄθω ὁ Στρυμονικὸς κόλπος μέχρι Νέστου τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ ἀφορίζοντος τὴν κατὰ Φίλιππον καὶ Ἀλέξανδρον Μακεδονίαν· εἰς μέντοι τἀκριβὲς ἄκρα τίς ἐστιν ἡ ποιοῦσα τὸν κόλπον πρὸς τὸν Ἄθω, πόλιν ἐσχηκυῖα τὴν Ἀπολλωνίαν.
After Athos comes the Strymonic Gulf as far as the river Nestus, which bounded Macedonia in the times of Philip and Alexander; but, strictly speaking, it is a certain cape that forms the gulf towards Athos, having once possessed the city of Apollonia.
ἐν δὲ τῷ κόλπῳ πρώτη μετὰ τὸν Ἀκανθίων λιμένα Στάγειρα, ἔρημος, καὶ αὐτὴ τῶν Χαλκιδικῶν, Ἀριστοτέλους πατρίς, καὶ λιμὴν αὐτῆς Κάπρος καὶ νησίον ὁμώνυμον τούτῳ· εἶθʼ ὁ Στρυμὼν καὶ ὁ ἀνάπλους εἰς Ἀμφίπολιν εἴκοσι σταδίων· ἔστι δʼ Ἀθηναίων κτίσμα ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἱδρυμένον τούτῳ, ὃς καλεῖται Ἐννέα ὁδοί· εἶτα Γαληψὸς καὶ Ἀπολλωνία, κατεσκαμμέναι ὑπὸ Φιλίππου.
And in the gulf, the first city after the harbor of the Acanthians is Stageira, now deserted, which also belonged to the Chalcidians, the birthplace of Aristotle, and its harbor is Kapros and the island is homonymous with it; then the Strymon and the voyage up to Amphipolis of twenty stadia; and this is a foundation of the Athenians, established on the site which is called Nine Ways; then Galepsus and Apollonia, which were razed to the ground by Philip.
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§7.fragments.36ἀπὸ Πηνειοῦ φησὶν εἰς Πύδναν σταδίους ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι.
He says that from the Peneius to Pydna is one hundred and twenty stadia.
παρὰ δὲ τὴν παραλίαν τοῦ Στρυμόνος καὶ Δατηνῶν πόλις Νεάπολις καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ Δάτον, εὔκαρπα πεδία καὶ λίμνην καὶ ποταμοὺς καὶ ναυπήγια καὶ χρυσεῖα λυσιτελῆ ἔχον, ἀφʼ οὗ καὶ παροιμιάζονται
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ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθῖδας. ἔστι δʼ ἡ χώρα ἡ πρὸς τὸ Στρυμόνος πέραν, ἡ μὲν ἐπὶ τῇ θαλάττῃ καὶ τοῖς περὶ Δάτον τόποις Ὀδόμαντες καὶ Ἠδωνοὶ καὶ Βισάλται, οἵ τε αὐτόχθονες καὶ οἱ ἐκ Μακεδονίας διαβάντες, ἐν οἷς Ῥῆσος ἐβασίλευσεν.
And along the coast of the Strymon is Neapolis, a city of the Dateni, and Daton itself, which has fertile plains, a lake, rivers, dockyards, and profitable gold mines, whence also they say in the proverb, "Daton of good things," as also "clews of good things." And as for the country beyond the Strymon, the coastal region and the places around Daton are inhabited by the Odomantes, Edoni, and Bisaltae, both the indigenous people and those who crossed over from Macedonia, among whom Rhesus reigned.
ὑπὲρ δὲ τῆς Ἀμφιπόλεως Βισάλται καὶ μέχρι πόλεως Ἡρακλείας, ἔχοντες αὐλῶνα εὔκαρπον, ὃν διαρρεῖ ὁ Στρυμὼν ὡρμημένος ἐκ τῶν περὶ Ῥοδόπην Ἀγριάνων, οἷς παράκειται τῆς Μακεδονίας ἡ Παρορβηλία, ἐν μεσογαίᾳ ἔχουσα κατὰ τὸν αὐλῶνα τὸν ἀπὸ Εἰδομένης Καλλίπολιν Ὀρθόπολιν Φιλιππούπολιν Γαρησκόν.
And above Amphipolis are the Bisaltae, extending as far as the city of Heracleia, having a fertile valley which the Strymon flows through, starting from the Agrianes around Rhodope, adjacent to whom is Parorbelia of Macedonia, which in the interior along the valley from Eidomene has Callipolis, Orthopolis, Philippopolis, and Garescus.
ἐν δὲ τοῖς Βισάλταις ἀνὰ ποταμὸν ἰόντι τὸν Στρυμόνα καὶ ἡ Βέργη ἵδρυται, κώμη ἀπέχουσα Ἀμφιπόλεως περὶ διακοσίους σταδίους.
And among the Bisaltae, as one goes up the river Strymon, is also situated Berge, a village about two hundred stadia distant from Amphipolis.
ἐπὶ δὲ ἄρκτους ἰόντι ἀπὸ Ἡρακλείας καὶ τὰ στενὰ διʼ ὧν ὁ Στρυμὼν φέρεται, δεξιὸν ἔχοντι τὸν ποταμὸν ἐκ μὲν τῶν εὐωνύμων ἐστὶν ἡ Παιονία καὶ τὰ περὶ τὸν Δόβηρον καὶ τὴν Ῥοδόπην καὶ τὸν Αἷμον ὄρος, ἐν δεξιᾷ δὲ τὰ περὶ τὸν Αἷμον.
And as one goes towards the north from Heracleia and through the narrows through which the Strymon flows, keeping the river on the right, on the left is Paeonia and the places around Doberus, Rhodope, and Mount Haemus, and on the right the parts around Haemus.
ἐντὸς δὲ τοῦ Στρυμόνος πρὸς αὐτῷ μὲν τῷ ποταμῷ ἡ Σκοτοῦσσα ἔστι, πρὸς δὲ τῇ λίμνῃ τῇ Βόλβῃ Ἀρέθουσα.
And on this side of the Strymon, near the river itself, is Scotussa, and near Lake Bolbe is Arethusa.
καὶ δὴ καὶ μάλιστα λέγονται Μυγδόνες οἱ περὶ τὴν λίμνην.
And indeed, those around the lake are especially called Mygdones.
οὐ μόνον δʼ ὁ Ἀξιὸς ἐκ Παιόνων ἔχει τὴν ῥύσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ Στρυμών· ἐξ Ἀγριάνων γὰρ διὰ Μαίδων καὶ Σιντῶν εἰς τὰ μεταξὺ Βισαλτῶν καὶ Ὀδομάντων ἐκπίπτει.
And not only does the Axius have its source from the Paeonians, but also the Strymon; for it falls from the Agrianes through the Maedi and Sinti into the parts between the Bisaltae and Odomantes.
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