§9.5.7Φθῖοι δὲ καλοῦνται οἵ τε ὑπʼ Ἀχιλλεῖ καὶ ὑπὸ Πρωτεσιλάῳ καὶ Φιλοκτήτῃ· ὁ δὲ ποιητὴς τούτου μάρτυς.
Those under Achilles, Protesilaus, and Philoctetes are called Phthians; and the poet is a witness to this.
εἰπὼν γὰρ ἐν τῷ καταλόγῳ τῶν ὑπʼ Ἀχιλλεῖ
οἵ τʼ εἶχον Φθίην,
ἐν τῇ ἐπὶ ναυσὶ μάχῃ τούτους μὲν ὑπομένοντας ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ πεποίηκε μετὰ τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως καὶ καθʼ ἡσυχίαν ὄντας, τοὺς δʼ ὑπὸ Φιλοκτήτῃ μαχομένους ἔχοντας Μέδον καὶ τοὺς ὑπὸ Πρωτεσιλάῳ, Ποδάρκους περὶ ὧν κοινῶς μὲν οὕτω φησίν
ἔνθα δὲ Βοιωτοὶ καὶ Ἰάονες ἑλκεχίτωνες, Λοκροὶ καὶ Φθῖοι καὶ φαιδιμόεντες Ἐπειοί· ἰδίως δέ
πρὸ Φθίων δὲ Μέδων τε μενεπτόλεμός τε Ποδάρκης.
For having said in the catalogue of those under Achilles, "and those who held Phthia," in the battle at the ships he has depicted these indeed as remaining at the ships with Achilles and being at peace, while of those fighting under Philoctetes, having Medon as leader, and those under Protesilaus, under Podarces, he speaks thus in common: "And there were Boeotians and Ionians with trailing robes, Locrians and Phthians and glorious Epeians;" and individually: "And in front of the Phthians were Medon and Podarces, steadfast in battle.
οἱ μὲν πρὸ Φθίων μεγαθύμων θωρηχθέντες ναῦφιν ἀμυνόμενοι τῶν ἐμάχοντο. τάχα δὲ καὶ οἱ σὺν Εὐρυπύλῳ Φθῖοι ἐλέγοντο, ὅμοροι τούτοις ὄντες·
These, in front of the great-hearted Phthians, having armed themselves, fought defending the ships." And perhaps those with Eurypylus were also called Phthians, being neighbors to these.
νῦν μέντοι Μαγνησίας νομίζουσι τῆς τε ὑπʼ Εὐρυπύλῳ τὰ περὶ Ὀρμένιον καὶ τὴν ὑπὸ Φιλοκτήτῃ πᾶσαν, τὴν δʼ ὑπὸ τῆς Φθίας ἀπὸ Δολοπίας καὶ τῆς Πίνδου μέχρι τῆς Μαγνητικῆς θαλάττης·
Now, however, they consider the territory around Ormenium under Eurypylus, and all that under Philoctetes, to belong to Magnesia; and the territory belonging to Phthia as extending from Dolopia and Pindus as far as the Magnesian sea.
μέχρι δὲ τῆς ὑπὸ Πρωτεσιλάῳ πόλεως Ἀντρῶνος, ἣ νῦν πληθυντικῶς λέγεται, τὸ πλάτος ἀφορίζεται τῆς ὑπὸ Πηλεῖ καὶ Ἀχιλλεῖ γ τῆς Τραχινίας καὶ τῆς Οἰταίας ἀρξαμένοις· δʼ αὐτὸ σχεδόν τι μῆκός ἐστι τοῦ Μαλιακοῦ κ.
And as far as Antron, the city under Protesilaus, which is now spoken of in the plural, is determined the breadth of the land under Peleus and Achilles, for those beginning from the Trachinian and Oetaean territories; and this itself is pretty much the length of the Maliac Gulf.
§9.5.8περὶ Ἅλου δὲ καὶ Ἀλόπης διαποροῦσι μὴ οὐ τούτους λέγει τοὺς τόπους οἳ νῦν ἐν τῷ Φθιωτικῷ τέλει φέρονται, ἀλλὰ τοὺς ἐν Λοκροῖς, μέχρι δεῦρο ἐπικρατοῦντος τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως, ὥσπερ καὶ μέχρι Τραχῖνος καὶ τῆς Οἰταίας.
Concerning Halus and Alope, they are in doubt whether he does not mean these places which are now classed under the Phthiotic district, but those in the territory of the Locrians, since Achilles' dominion extended as far as this, just as it did as far as Trachis and the Oetaean territory.
ἔστι γὰρ καὶ Ἅλος καὶ Ἁλιοῦς ἐν τῇ παραλίᾳ τῶν Λοκρῶν, καθάπερ καὶ Ἀλόπη.
For there is both a Halus and a Halius on the coast of the Locrians, just as there is an Alope.
οἱ δὲ τὸν Ἁλιοῦντα ἀντὶ Ἀλόπης τιθέασι καὶ γράφουσιν οὕτως
οἵ θʼ Ἅλον οἵ θʼ Ἁλιοῦνθʼ οἵ τε Τρηχῖνʼ ἐνέμοντο. ὁ δὲ Φθιωτικὸς Ἅλος ὑπὸ τῷ πέρατι κεῖται τῆς Ὄθρυος ὄρους πρὸς ἄρκτον κειμένου τῇ Φθιώτιδι, ὁμόρου δὲ τῷ Τυφρηστῷ καὶ τοῖς Δόλοψιν, κἀνθένδε παρατείνοντος εἰς τὰ πλησίον τοῦ Μαλιακοῦ κόλπου.
But some substitute Halius for Alope and write as follows: "and those who inhabited Halus and Halius and Trachis." But the Phthiotic Halus lies under the extremity of Mount Othrys, which mountain lies to the north of Phthiotis, and is adjacent to Typhrestus and the Dolopians, and extends from there to the places near the Maliac Gulf.
ἀπέχει δὲ Ἰτώνου περὶ ἑξήκοντα σταδίους ὁ Ἅλος ἢ ἡ Ἅλος·
Halus is about sixty stadia distant from Itonus.
λέγεται γὰρ ἀμφοτέρως. ᾤκισε δὲ ὁ Ἀθάμας τὴν Ἅλον, ἀφανισθεῖσαν συνῴ χρόνοις ὕστερον.
Athamas founded Halus, but after it was destroyed, it was rebuilt in later times.
ὑπέρκειται δὲ τοῦ Κροκίου πεδίου· ῥεῖ δὲ ποταμὸς Ἄμφρυσος πρὸς τῷ.
It lies above the Crocian plain; and the river Amphrysus flows by its wall.
ὑπὸ δὲ τῷ Κροκίῳ Θῆβαι εἰσὶν αἱ Φθιώτιδες, καὶ ἡ Ἅλος δὲ Φθιῶτις καλεῖται καὶ Ἀχαϊκή, συνάπτουσα τοῖς Μαλιεῦσιν, ὥσπερ καὶ οἱ τῆς Ὄθρυος πρόποδες.
And below the Crocian plain is Phthiotic Thebes; and Halus too is called Phthiotic and Achaean, bordering on the Malians, just as do the foothills of Othrys.
καθάπερ δὲ ἡ Φυλάκη ἡ ὑπὸ Πρωτεσιλάῳ τῆς Φθιώτιδός ἐστι τῆς προσχώρου τοῖς Μαλιεῦσιν, οὕτω καὶ ἡ Ἅλος·
And just as Phylace, which was under Protesilaus, is in the part of Phthiotis adjacent to the Malians, so also is Halus.
διέχει δὲ Θηβῶν περὶ ἑκατὸν σταδίους, ἐν μέσῳ δʼ ἐστὶ Φαρσάλου καὶ Φθιωτῶν·
It is about one hundred stadia distant from Thebes, and is in the middle between Pharsalus and the Phthians.
Φίλιππος μέντοι Φαρσαλίοις προσένειμεν ἀφελόμενος τῶν Φθιωτῶν.
Philip, however, took it away from the Phthians and assigned it to the Pharsalians.
οὕτω δὲ συμβαίνει τοὺς ὅρους καὶ τὰς συντάξεις τῶν τε ἐθνῶν καὶ τῶν τόπων ἀλλάττεσθαι ἀεί, καθάπερ εἴπομεν.
And thus it happens that the boundaries and political arrangements of tribes and places are always changing, as we have said.
οὕτω καὶ Σοφοκλῆς τὴν Τραχῖνα Φθιῶτιν εἴρηκεν, Ἀρτεμίδωρος δὲ τὴν Ἅλον ἐν τῇ παραλίᾳ τίθησι, ἔξω μὲν τοῦ Μαλιακοῦ κόλπου κειμένην, Φθιῶτιν δέ.
Thus Sophocles also has called Trachis "Phthiotic," and Artemidorus places Halus on the coast, lying outside the Maliac Gulf, but belonging to Phthiotis.
προϊὼν γὰρ ἐνθένδε ὡς ἐπὶ τὸν Πηνειὸν μετὰ τὸν Ἀντρῶνα τίθησι Πτελεόν, εἶτα τὸν Ἅλον ἀπὸ τοῦ Πτελεοῦ διέχοντα ἑκατὸν καὶ δέκα σταδίους.
For in proceeding from there towards the Peneus, after Antron he places Pteleum, and then Halus, at a distance of one hundred and ten stadia from Pteleum.
περὶ δὲ τῆς Τραχῖνος εἴρηται ὁποία τις· καὶ ὁ ποιητὴς κατονομάζει.
And concerning Trachis it has been told what sort of place it is; and the poet also mentions it by name.