§7.fragments.37ὅτι ὁ Στρυμὼν ποταμὸς ἄρχεται ἐκ τῶν περὶ τὴν Ῥοδόπην Ἀγριάνων.
The river Strymon starts from the Agrianes around Rhodope.
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§7.fragments.38τοὺς δὲ Παίονας οἱ μὲν ἀποίκους Φρυγῶν οἱ δʼ ἀρχηγέτας ἀποφαίνουσι, καὶ τὴν Παιονίαν μέχρι Πελαγονίας καὶ Πιερίας ἐκτετάσθαι φασί· καλεῖσθαι δὲ πρότερον Ὀρεστίαν τὴν Πελαγονίαν, τὸν δὲ Ἀστεροπαῖον, ἕνα τῶν ἐκ Παιονίας στρατευσάντων ἐπʼ Ἴλιον ἡγεμόνων, οὐκ ἀπεικότως υἱὸν λέγεσθαι Πηλεγόνος, καὶ αὐτοὺς τοὺς Παίονας καλεῖσθαι Πελαγόνας.
As for the Paeonians, some declare them to be colonists of the Phrygians, and others their ancestors, and they say that Paeonia extended as far as Pelagonia and Pieria; and they say that Pelagonia was formerly called Orestia, and that Asteropaeus, one of the leaders who marched from Paeonia to Ilium, was not without reason called the son of Pelegon, and that the Paeonians themselves were called Pelagones.
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§7.fragments.39ὅτι ὁ παρʼ Ὁμήρῳ
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Ἀστεροπαῖος υἱὸς Πηλεγόνος
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ἐκ Παιονίας ὢν τῆς ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ ἱστορεῖται· διὸ καὶ Πηλεγόνος υἱός· οἱ γὰρ Παίονες Πελαγόνες ἐκαλοῦντο.
The "Asteropaeus, son of Pelegon" in Homer is recorded as being from Paeonia in Macedonia; hence he is the son of Pelegon, for the Paeonians were called Pelagones.
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§7.fragments.40ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ παιανισμὸς τῶν Θρᾳκῶν τιτανισμὸς ὑπὸ τῶν Ἑλλήνων λέγεται κατὰ μίμησιν τῆς ἐν παιᾶσι φωνῆς, καὶ οἱ Τιτᾶνες ἐκλήθησαν Πηλαγόνες.
Since the singing of the paean (paeanismus) of the Thracians is called titanismus by the Greeks, in imitation of the sound in paeans, the Titans also were called Pelagones.
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§7.fragments.41ὅτι καὶ πάλαι καὶ νῦν οἱ Παίονες φαίνονται πολλὴν τῆς νῦν Μακεδονίας κατεσχηκότες, ὡς καὶ Πέρινθον πολιορκῆσαι, καὶ Κρηστωνίαν καὶ Μυγδονίδα πᾶσαν καὶ τὴν Ἀγριάνων μέχρι Παγγαίου ὑπʼ αὐτοῖς γενέσθαι.
Both in ancient times and now, the Paeonians appear to have held much of what is now Macedonia, so that they even besieged Perinthus, and Crestonia, all Mygdonia, and the land of the Agrianes as far as Pangaeum came under their power.
τῆς δʼ ἐν τῷ Στρυμονικῷ κόλπῳ παραλίας τῆς ἀπὸ Γαληψοῦ μέχρι Νέστου ὑπέρκεινται οἱ Φίλιπποι καὶ τὰ περὶ Φιλίππους.
Above the coast of the Strymonic Gulf, from Galepsus to Nestus, lies Philippi and the region around Philippi.
οἱ δὲ Φίλιπποι Κρηνίδες ἐκαλοῦντο πρότερον, κατοικία μικρά· ηὐξήθη δὲ μετὰ τὴν περὶ Βροῦτον καὶ Κάσσιον ἧτταν.
Philippi was formerly called Crenides, a small settlement, but it increased after the defeat of Brutus and Cassius.
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§7.fragments.43ὅτι οἱ νῦν Φίλιπποι πόλις Κρηνίδες ἐκαλοῦντο τὸ παλαιόν.
The city now called Philippi was called Crenides in ancient times.
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§7.fragments.44πρόκεινται δὲ τῆς παραλίας ταύτης δύο νῆσοι, Λῆμνος καὶ Θάσος.
Before this coast lie two islands, Lemnos and Thasos.
μετὰ δὲ τὸν εἰς Θάσον πορθμὸν Ἄβδηρα καὶ τὰ περὶ Ἀβδήρου μυθευόμενα.
After the strait to Thasos comes Abdera and the myths told about Abderus.
ᾤκησαν δʼ αὐτὴν Βίστονες Θρᾷκες, ὧν Διομήδης ἦρχεν· οὐ μένει δʼ ὁ Νέστος ἐπὶ ταὐτοῦ ῥείθρου διὰ παντός, ἀλλὰ κατακλύζει τὴν χώραν πολλάκις.
It was inhabited by the Bistonian Thracians, whom Diomedes ruled; and the Nestus does not remain in the same channel always, but frequently floods the country.
εἶτα Δίκαια πόλις ἐν κόλπῳ κειμένη καὶ λιμήν· ὑπέρκειται δὲ τούτων ἡ Βιστονὶς λίμνη κύκλον ἔχουσα ὅσον διακοσίων σταδίων.
Then comes Dicaea, a city situated in a gulf, and its harbor; and above these lies Lake Bistonis, which has a circumference of about two hundred stadia.
φασὶ δὲ τοῦ πεδίου κοίλου παντάπασιν ὄντος καὶ ταπεινοτέρου τῆς θαλάττης ἱπποκρατούμενον τὸν Ἡρακλέα, ἡνίκα ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὰς τοῦ Διομήδους ἵππους, διορύξαι τὴν ᾐόνα καὶ τὴν θάλατταν ἐπαφέντα τῷ πεδίῳ κρατῆσαι τῶν ἐναντίων.
And they say that since the plain was completely hollow and lower than the sea, Heracles, when he came for the horses of Diomedes, being hard-pressed by the horses, dug through the beach and, by letting the sea into the plain, overcame his opponents.
δείκνυται δὲ καὶ τὸ βασίλειον Διομήδους ἀπὸ συμβεβηκότος καλούμενον Καρτερὰ κώμη διὰ τὴν ἐρυμνότητα.
And the palace of Diomedes is also shown, which from what happened is called Kartera Kome because of its natural strength.
μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἀνὰ μέσον λίμνην Ξάνθεια Μαρώνεια καὶ Ἴσμαρος, αἱ τῶν Κικόνων πόλεις· καλεῖται δὲ νῦν Ἰσμάρα πλησίον τῆς Μαρωνείας· πλησίον δὲ καὶ ἡ Ἰσμαρὶς ἐξίησι λίμνη· καλεῖται δὲ τὸ ῥεῖθρον ἠδύ γειον· αὐτοῦ δὲ καὶ αἱ Θασίων λεγόμεναι κεφαλαί.
After the intervening lake come Xantheia, Maroneia, and Ismarus, the cities of the Cicones; and it is now called Ismara, near Maroneia; and near it also Lake Ismaris empties; and the stream is called Hedygeion; and there are also the places called the Heads of the Thasians.
Σαπαῖοι δʼ εἰσὶν οἱ ὑπερκείμενοι.
The Sapaei are those who dwell above.
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§7.fragments.45ὅτι τὰ Τόπειρά ἐστι πρὸς Ἀβδήροις καὶ Μαρωνείᾳ.
Topeira is near Abdera and Maroneia.
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§7.fragments.46ὅτι Σιντοὶ ἔθνος Θρᾳκικὸν κατῴκει τὴν Δῆμνον νῆσον· ὅθεν Ὅμηρος Σίντιας αὐτοὺς καλεῖ λέγων
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§7.fragments.47ὅτι μετὰ τὸν Νέστον ποταμὸν πρὸς ἀνατολὰς Ἄβδηρα πόλις, ἐπώνυμος Ἀβδήρου, ὃν οἱ τοῦ Διομήδους ἵπποι ἔφαγον· εἶτα Δίκαια πόλις πλησίον, ἧς ὑπέρκειται λίμνη μεγάλη ἡ Βιστονίς· εἶτα πόλις Μαρώνεια.
After the river Nestus towards the east is the city of Abdera, named after Abderus, whom the horses of Diomedes devoured; then nearby is the city of Dicaea, above which lies a large lake, Bistonis; then the city of Maroneia.
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