§8.4.4τῇ δὲ Μεθώνῃ συνεχής ἐστιν ὁ Ἀκρίτας, ἀρχὴ τοῦ Μεσσηνιακοῦ κόλπου· καλοῦσι δʼ αὐτὸν καὶ Ἀσιναῖον ἀπὸ Ἀσίνης, πολίχνης πρώτης ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ, ὁμωνύμου τῇ Ἑρμιονικῇ.
Contiguous to Methone is Acritas, the beginning of the Messenian Gulf; they also call it Asinaeon after Asine, the first small town in the gulf, homonymous with the town in Hermionis.
αὕτη μὲν οὖν ἡ ἀρχὴ πρὸς δύσιν τοῦ κόλπου ἐστί, πρὸς ἕω δὲ αἱ καλούμεναι Θυρίδες, ὅμοροι τῇ νῦν Λακωνικῇ τῇ κατὰ Κιναίθιον καὶ Ταίναρον.
Now this beginning is on the west side of the gulf, while on the east are the so-called Thyrides, bordering on the present Laconica near Cinaethium and Taenarum.
μεταξὺ δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν Θυρίδων ἀρξαμένοις Οἴτυλός ἐστι· καλεῖται δʼ ὑπό τινων Βοίτυλος· εἶτα Λεῦκτρον τῶν ἐν τῇ Βοιωτίᾳ Λεύκτρων ἄποικος, εἶτʼ ἐπὶ πέτρας ἐρυμνῆς ἵδρυται Καρδαμύλη, εἶτα Φηραὶ ὅμορος Θουρίᾳ καὶ Γερήνοις, ἀφʼ οὗ τόπου Γερήνιον τὸν Νέστορα κληθῆναί φασι διὰ τὸ ἐνταῦθα σωθῆναι αὐτόν, ὡς προειρήκαμεν.
Between them, starting from Thyrides, is Oetylus, which some call Boitylus; then Leuctrum, a colony of the Leuctra in Boeotia; then Cardamyle is situated on a steep rock; then Pherae, bordering on Thuria and Gerenoi, from which place they say Nestor was called Gerenian because he was saved there, as we have said before.
δείκνυται δʼ ἐν τῇ Γερηνίᾳ Τρικκαίου ἱερὸν Ἀσκληπιοῦ, ἀφίδρυμα τοῦ ἐν τῇ Θετταλικῇ Τρίκκῃ.
In Gerenia is shown a temple of Triccaean Asclepius, a copy of the one in Thessalian Tricca.
οἰκίσαι δὲ λέγεται Πέλοψ τό τε Λεῦκτρον καὶ Χαράδραν καὶ Θαλάμας, τοὺς νῦν Βοιωτοὺς καλουμένους, τὴν ἀδελφὴν Νιόβην ἐκδοὺς Ἀμφίονι καὶ ἐκ τῆς Βοιωτίας ἀγαγόμενός τινας.
Pelops is said to have founded Leuctrum, Charadra, and Thalamae, which are now called Boeotoi, having given his sister Niobe in marriage to Amphion and having brought some people from Boeotia.
παρὰ δὲ Φηρὰς Νέδων ἐκβάλλει ῥέων διὰ τῆς Λακωνικῆς, ἕτερος ὢν τῆς Νέδας· ἔχει δʼ ἱερὸν ἐπίσημον Ἀθηνᾶς Νεδουσίας.
Near Pherae the Nedon flows out, running through Laconica, which is different from the Neda; it has a famous temple of Athena Nedusia.
καὶ ἐν Ποιαέσσῃ δʼ ἐστὶν Ἀθηνᾶς Νεδουσίας ἱερόν, ἐπώνυμον τόπου τινὸς Νέδοντος, ἐξ οὗ φασιν οἰκίσαι Τήλεκλον Ποιάεσσαν καὶ Ἐχειὰς καὶ Τράγιον.
In Poiaessa too there is a temple of Athena Nedusia, named after a certain place Nedon, from which they say Teleclus founded Poiaessa, Echeiae, and Tragium.
§8.4.5τῶν δὲ προταθεισῶν ἑπτὰ πόλεων τῷ Ἀχιλλεῖ περὶ μὲν Καρδαμύλης καὶ Φηρῶν εἰρήκαμεν καὶ Πηδάσου.
Of the seven cities offered to Achilles, we have already spoken of Cardamyle, Pherae, and Pedasus.
Ἐνόπην δὲ οἱ μὲν τὰ Πέλλανά φασιν, οἱ δὲ τόπον τινὰ περὶ Καρδαμύλην, οἱ δὲ τὴν Γερηνίαν·
As for Enope, some say it is Pellana, others a place near Cardamyle, and others Gerenia.
τὴν δὲ Ἱρὴν κατὰ τὸ ὄρος δεικνύουσι τὸ κατὰ τὴν Μεγαλόπολιν τῆς Ἀρκαδίας ὡς ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀνδανίαν ἰόντων, ἣν ἔφαμεν Οἰχαλίαν ὑπὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ κεκλῆσθαι·
Hire is shown along the mountain near Megalopolis in Arcadia as one goes towards Andania, which we said was called Oechalia by the poet.
οἱ δὲ τὴν νῦν Μεσόλαν οὕτω καλεῖσθαί φασι καθήκουσαν εἰς τὸν μεταξὺ κόλπον τοῦ Ταϋγέτου καὶ τῆς Μεσσηνίας.
Others say that the present Mesola is so called, extending down to the gulf between Taygetus and Messenia.
ἡ δʼ Αἴπεια νῦν Θουρία καλεῖται, ἣν ἔφαμεν ὅμορον Φαραῖς· ἵδρυται δʼ ἐπὶ λόφου ὑψηλοῦ, ἀφʼ οὗ καὶ τοὔνομα.
Aepeia is now called Thuria, which we said bordered on Pharae; it is situated on a high hill, whence also its name.
ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς Θουρίας καὶ ὁ Θουριάτης κόλπος, ἐν ᾧ πόλισμα ἦν Ῥίον τοὔνομα ἀπεναντίον Ταινάρου.
From Thuria comes also the Thuriate Gulf, in which was a small town named Rhium opposite Taenarum.
Ἄνθειαν δὲ οἱ μὲν αὐτὴν τὴν Θουρίαν φασίν, Αἴπειαν δὲ τὴν Μεθώνην, οἱ δὲ τὴν μεταξὺ Ἀσίνην τῶν Μεσσηνίων πόλεων οἰκειότατα βαθύλειμον λεχθεῖσαν, ἧς πρὸς θαλάττῃ πόλις Κορώνη καὶ ταύτην δέ τινες Πήδασον λεχθῆναί φασιν ὑπὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ.
As for Antheia, some say it is Thuria itself, and Aepeia is Methone; others say it is Asine, which of the Messenian cities lies in the middle and is most appropriately called "with deep meadows," near which is the city of Corone on the sea, and some say that this too was called Pedasus by the poet.
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πᾶσαι δʼ ἐγγὺς ἁλός,
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Καρδαμύλη μὲν ἐπʼ αὐτῇ, Φαραὶ δʼ ἀπὸ πέντε σταδίων, ὕφορμον ἔχουσα θερινόν, αἱ δʼ ἄλλαι ἀνωμάλοις κέχρηνται τοῖς ἀπὸ θαλάττης διαστήμασι.
"and all are near the sea," Cardamyle is on the sea itself, while Pharae is five stadia away, having a summer anchorage; and the others have unequal distances from the sea.
§8.4.6πλησίον δὲ τῆς Κορώνης κατὰ μέσον πως τὸν κόλπον ὁ Παμισὸς ποταμὸς ἐκβάλλει, ταύτην μὲν ἐν δεξιᾷ ἔχων καὶ τὰς ἑξῆς· ὧν εἰσιν ἔσχαται πρὸς δύσιν Πύλος καὶ Κυπαρισσία, μέση δὲ τούτων Ἔρανα, ἣν οὐκ εὖ τινες Ἀρήνην νενομίκασι πρότερον·
Near Corone, about the middle of the gulf, the river Pamisus empties, having this city on the right and those next in order, of which the furthest to the west are Pylos and Cyparissia, and Erana is in the middle of these, which some have incorrectly thought to be Arene of old.
Θουρίαν δὲ καὶ Φαρὰς ἐν ἀ.
On the left it has Thuria and Pharae.
μέγιστος δʼ ἐστὶ ποταμῶν τῶν ἐντὸς Ἰσθμοῦ καίπερ οὐ πλείους ἢ ἑκατὸν σταδίους ἐκ τῶν πηγῶν ῥυεὶς δαψιλὴς τῷ ὕδατι διὰ τοῦ Μεσσηνιακοῦ πεδίου καὶ τῆς Μακαρίας καλουμένης· ἀφέστηκέ τε τῆς νῦν Μεσσηνίων πόλεως ὁ ποταμὸς σταδίους πεντήκοντα.
It is the largest of the rivers within the Isthmus, although it flows no more than a hundred stadia from its sources, yet it runs with abundant water through the Messenian plain and the so-called Macaria; and the river is fifty stadia distant from the present city of the Messenians.
ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλος Παμισὸς χαραδρώδης μικρὸς περὶ Λεῦκτρον ῥέων τὸ Λακωνικόν, περὶ οὗ κρίσιν ἔσχον Μεσσήνιοι πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους ἐπὶ Φιλίππου· τὸν δὲ Παμισόν, ὃν Ἄμαθόν τινες ὠνόμασαν, προειρήκαμεν.
There is also another Pamisus, a small torrent flowing near the Laconian Leuctrum, concerning which the Messenians had a dispute with the Lacedaemonians in the time of Philip; but we have already spoken of the Pamisus which some named Amathus.