§9.5.22ἔπειτα τοῦτο καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν Περραιβῶν καὶ τῶν Αἰνιάνων συνέβη· Ὅμηρος μὲν γὰρ συνέζευξεν αὐτοὺς ὡς πλησίον ἀλλήλων οἰκοῦντας· καὶ δὴ καὶ λέγεται ὑπὸ τῶν ὕστερον ἐπὶ χρόνον συχνὸν ἡ οἴκησις τῶν Αἰνιάνων ἐν τῷ Δωτίῳ γενέσθαι πεδίῳ, τοῦτο δʼ ἐστὶ πλησίον τῆς ἄρτι λεχθείσης Περραιβίας καὶ τῆς Ὄσσης καὶ ἔτι τῆς Βοιβηίδος λίμνης, ἐν μέσῃ μέν πως τῇ Θετταλίᾳ λόφοις δὲ ἰδίοις περικλειόμενον, περὶ οὗ Ἡσίοδος οὕτως εἴρηκεν
"ἢ οἵη Διδύμους ἱεροὺς ναίουσα κολωνοὺς Δωτίῳ ἐν πεδίῳ, πολυβότρυος ἄντʼ Ἀμύροιο, νίψατο Βοιβιάδος λίμνης πόδα παρθένος ἀδμής. "
οἱ μὲν οὖν Αἰνιᾶνες οἱ πλείους εἰς τὴν Οἴτην ἐξηλάθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν Λαπιθῶν, κἀνταῦθα δὲ ἐδυνάστευσαν ἀφελόμενοι τῶν τε Δωριέων τινὰ μέρη καὶ τῶν Μαλιέων μέχρι Ἡρακλείας καὶ Ἐχίνου, τινὲς δʼ αὐτῶν ἔμειναν περὶ Κύφον, Περραιβικὸν ὄρος ὁμώνυμον κατοικίαν ἔχον.
Then this also happened in the case of the Perrhaebians and the Ainianians; for Homer joined them together as dwelling near one another; and indeed it is also said by later writers that the dwelling of the Ainianians was for a long time in the Dotian plain, which is near the recently mentioned Perrhaebia, Ossa, and also Lake Boebeis, situated in a way in the middle of Thessaly, yet enclosed by its own hills, concerning which Hesiod has spoken thus: "Or like her who, dwelling by the sacred twin hills in the Dotian plain, opposite Amyrus rich in grapes, washed her foot in Lake Boebeis, an unwedded virgin." Now most of the Ainianians were driven out to Mount Oeta by the Lapiths, and there they established their power by taking away parts of the lands of both the Dorians and the Malians as far as Heracleia and Echinus; but some of them remained around Kyphos, a Perrhaebian mountain which had a settlement of the same name.
οἱ δὲ Περραιβοὶ τινὲς μὲν συσταλέντες περὶ τὰ ἑσπέρια τοῦ Ὀλύμπου μέρη κατέμενον αὐτόθι πρόσχωροι ὄντες Μακεδόσι, τὸ δὲ πολὺ μέρος εἰς τὰ περὶ τὴν Ἀθαμανίαν ὄρη καὶ τὴν Πίνδον ἐξέπεσε· νυνὶ δὲ μικρὸν ἢ οὐδὲν αὐτῶν ἴχνος σώζεται.
As for the Perrhaebians, some of them withdrew to the western parts of Olympus and remained there, being neighbors to the Macedonians, but the greater part was driven out to the mountains around Athamania and to Pindus; and now little or no trace of them is preserved.
τοὺς δʼ οὖν ὑπὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ λεχθέντας Μάγνητας ὑστάτους ἐν τῷ Θετταλικῷ καταλόγῳ νομιστέον τοὺς ἐντὸς τῶν Τεμπῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ Πηνειοῦ καὶ τῆς Ὄσσης ἕως Πηλίου, Μακεδόνων τοῖς Πιεριώταις ὁμόρους τοῖς ἔχουσι τὴν τοῦ Πηνειοῦ περαίαν μέχρι τῆς θαλάττης.
At any rate, we must consider that the Magnesians mentioned by the poet last in the Thessalian catalogue are those inside Tempe, from the Peneus and Ossa as far as Pelion, bordering on those Pierians of the Macedonians who held the opposite bank of the Peneus as far as the sea.
τὸ μὲν οὖν Ὁμόλιον ἢ τὴν Ὁμόλην (λέγεται γὰρ ἀμφοτέρως) ἀποδοτέον αὐτοῖς· εἴρηται δʼ ἐν τοῖς Μακεδονικοῖς ὅτι ἐστὶ πρὸς τῇ Ὄσσῃ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς τοῦ Πηνειοῦ διὰ τῶν Τεμπῶν διεκβολῆς.
Now, Homolium or Homole (for it is called in both ways) must be assigned to them; and it has been said in our account of Macedonia that it is near Ossa, at the beginning of the passage of the Peneus through Tempe.
εἰ δὲ καὶ μέχρι τῆς παραλίας προϊτέον τῆς ἐγγυτάτω τοῦ Ὁμολίου, λόγον ἔχει ὥστε τὸν Ῥιζοῦντα προσνέμειν καὶ Ἐρυμνὰς ἐν τῇ ὑπὸ Φιλοκτήτῃ παραλίᾳ κειμένας καὶ τῇ ὑπὸ Εὐμήλῳ.
And if we must also proceed as far as the seacoast nearest to Homolium, it is reasonable to assign to them Rhizus and Erymnae, which lie on the coast that was under Philoctetes and that under Eumelus.
τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ἐν ἀσαφεῖ κείσθω.
However, let this be left in obscurity.
καὶ ἡ τάξις δὲ τῶν ἐφεξῆς τόπων μέχρι Πηνειοῦ οὐ διαφανῶς λέγεται, ἀδόξων δʼ ὄντων τῶν τόπων οὐδʼ ἡμῖν περὶ πολλοῦ θετέον.
Also, the order of the places next in succession as far as the Peneus is not clearly stated, and since these places are obscure, we too need not regard them as of great importance.
ἡ μέντοι Σηπιὰς ἀκτὴ καὶ τετραγῴδηται μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἐξύμνηται διὰ τὸν ἐνταῦθα ἀφανισμὸν τοῦ Περσικοῦ στόλου· ἔστι δʼ αὕτη μὲν ἀκτὴ πετρώδης, μεταξὺ δʼ αὐτῆς καὶ Κασθαναίας κώμης ὑπὸ τῷ Πηλίῳ κειμένης αἰγιαλός ἐστιν, ἐν ᾧ ὁ Ξέρξου στόλος ναυλοχῶν ἀπηλιώτου πολλοῦ πνεύσαντος ὁ μὲν εὐθὺς αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸ ξηρὸν ἐξώκειλε καὶ διελύθη παραχρῆμα, ὁ δʼ εἰς Ἰπνοὺς τόπον τραχὺν τῶν περὶ τὸ Πήλιον παρενεχθεὶς ὁ δʼ εἰς Μελίβοιαν ὁ δʼ εἰς τὴν Κασθαναίαν διεφθάρη.
However, Cape Sepias was both afterwards made a subject of tragedy and celebrated in song on account of the destruction of the Persian fleet there; this is a rocky coast, but between it and the village of Casthanæa, which lies under Mount Pelion, is a shore where the fleet of Xerxes was anchoring when, a violent east wind having blown, some of the ships were immediately driven ashore right there and instantly destroyed, while others were carried away to Ipni, a rugged place in the region of Pelion, and others were destroyed at Melibœa, and others at Casthanæa.
τραχὺς δʼ ἐστὶν ὁ παράπλους πᾶς ὁ τοῦ Πηλίου ὅσον σταδίων ὀγδοήκοντα· τοσοῦτος δʼ ἐστὶ καὶ τοιοῦτος καὶ ὁ τῆς Ὄσσης.
And the entire voyage along the coast of Pelion is rugged, extending about eighty stadia; and that of Ossa is of the same length and character.
μεταξὺ δὲ κόλπος σταδίων πλειόνων ἢ διακοσίων, ἐν ᾧ ἡ Μελίβοια.
Between them is a gulf of more than two hundred stadia, in which Melibœa is situated.
ὁ δὲ πᾶς ἀπὸ Δημητριάδος ἐγκολπίζοντι ἐπὶ τὸν Πηνειὸν μείζων τῶν χιλίων, ρχειοῦ καὶ ἄλλων ὀκτακοσίων, ἀπὸ δὲ Εὐρίπου δισχιλίων τριακοσίων πεντήκοντα.
And the whole voyage for one sailing along the gulfs from Demetrias to the Peneus is more than one thousand stadia, 〈from Pelion〉 another eight hundred, and from Euripus two thousand three hundred and fifty.
Ἱερώνυμος δὲ τῆς πεδιάδος Θετταλίας καὶ Μαγνήτιδος τὸν κύκλον τρισχιλίων ἀποφαίνεται σταδίων, ᾠκῆσθαι δʼ ὑπὸ Πελασγῶν, ἐξελαθῆναι δὲ τούτους εἰς τὴν Ἰταλίαν ὑπὸ Λαπιθῶν· εἶναι δὲ τὸ νῦν καλούμενον Πελασγικὸν πεδίον, ἐν Λάρισα καὶ Γυρτώνη καὶ Φεραὶ καὶ Μόψιον καὶ Βοιβηὶς καὶ Ὄσσα καὶ Ὁμόλη καὶ Πήλιον καὶ Μαγνῆτις·
And Hieronymus declares that the circumference of the plain country of Thessaly and Magnetis is three thousand stadia, and that it was inhabited by Pelasgians, but that these were driven out to Italy by the Lapiths; and that this is what is now called the Pelasgian plain, in which are Larisa, Gyrton, Pherae, Mopsium, Lake Boebeis, Ossa, Homole, Pelion, and Magnetis.
Μόψιον δʼ ὠνόμασται οὐκ ἀπὸ Μόψου τοῦ Μαντοῦς τῆς Τειρεσίου, ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ τοῦ Λαπίθου τοῦ συμπλεύσαντος τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις· ἄλλος δʼ ἐστὶ Μόψοπος, ἀφʼ οὗ ἡ Ἀττικὴ Μοψοπία.
Mopsium is named, not after Mopsus the son of Manto the daughter of Teiresias, but after the Lapith who sailed with the Argonauts; and Mopsopus is another person, after whom Attic Mopsopia is named.
§9.5.23τὰ καθʼ ἕκαστα μὲν ταῦτα περὶ Θετταλίας, καθʼ ὅλου δʼ ὅτι Πυρραία πρότερον ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ Πύρρας τῆς Δευκαλίωνος γυναικός, Αἱμονία δὲ ἀπὸ Αἵμονος, Θετταλία δὲ ἀπὸ Θετταλοῦ τοῦ Αἵμονος.
These, then, are the details concerning Thessaly, but as a whole it is said that it was formerly called Pyrrhaea, after Pyrrha the wife of Deucalion, and Haemonia, after Haemon, and Thessaly, after Thessalus the son of Haemon.
ἔνιοι δὲ διελόντες δίχα τὴν μὲν πρὸς νότον λαχεῖν φασι Δευκαλίωνι καὶ καλέσαι Πανδώραν ἀπὸ τῆς μητρός, τὴν δʼ ἑτέραν Αἵμονι, ἀφʼ οὗ Αἱμονίαν λεχθῆναι· μετωνομάσθαι δὲ τὴν μὲν Ἑλλάδα ἀπὸ Ἕλληνος τοῦ Δευκαλίωνος, τὴν δὲ Θετταλίαν ἀπὸ τοῦ υἱοῦ Αἵμονος·
But some writers, dividing the country into two parts, say that Deucalion obtained the southern part as his share and called it Pandora after his mother, and Haemon the other part, after whom it was called Haemonia; and that the one was renamed Hellas, after Hellen the son of Deucalion, and the other Thessaly, after the son of Haemon.
τινὲς δὲ ἀπὸ Ἐφύρας τῆς Θεσπρωτίδος ἀπογόνους Ἀντίφου καὶ Φειδίππου, τῶν Θετταλοῦ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους, ἐπελθόντας ἀπὸ Θετταλοῦ τοῦ ἑαυτῶν προγόνου τὴν χώραν ὀνομάσαι.
And some say that descendants of Antiphus and Phidippus, the sons of Thessalus the son of Heracles, having invaded the country from Ephyra in Thesprotia, named it after their own ancestor Thessalus.
εἴρ δὲ καὶ Νεσσωνὶς ὀνομασθῆναί ποτε ἀπὸ Νέσσωνος τοῦ Θετταλοῦ, καθάπερ καὶ ἡ λίμνη.
And it has been said that this country was also once named Nessonis, after Nesson the son of Thessalus, just as was the lake.