Strabo, Geography, Horace Leonard Jones (Translator), 12.3.14

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[14] After Gazelon one comes to Saramene, and to a notable city, Amisus, which is about nine hundred stadia from Sinope. Theopompus says that it was first founded by the Milesians, . . .¹ by a leader of the Cappadocians, and thirdly was colonized by Athenocles and Athenians and changed its name to Peiraeus. The kings also took possession of this city; and Eupator adorned it with temples and founded an addition to it. This city too was besieged by Leucullus, and then by Pharnaces, when he crossed over from the Bosporus. After it had been set free by the deified Caesar,² it was given over to kings by Antony. Then Straton the tyrant put it in bad plight. And then, after the Battle of Actium,³ it was again set free by Caesar Augustus; and at the present time it is well organized. Besides the rest of its beautiful country, it possesses also Themiscyra, the abode of the Amazons, and Sidene.

Geography. Strabo. Horace Leonard Jones (Translator). London. 1924-1929.

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Geography (Books 6-14) (English) (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 3-6. Jones, Horace Leonard, translator. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1924-1929 (printing).)

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Γεωγραφικά Perseus (Strabo. Strabonis Geographica, Vols. 1-3. Meineke, August, editor. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.) — 12.3.14 focus

[14] μετὰ δὲ τὴν Γαζηλῶνα ἡ Σαραμηνὴ καὶ Ἀμισὸς πόλις ἀξιόλογος, διέχουσα τῆς Σινώπης περὶ ἐνακοσίους σταδίους. φησὶ δʼ αὐτὴν Θεόπομπος πρώτους Μιλησίους κτίσαι Καππαδόκων ἄρχοντα, τρίτον δʼ ὑπʼ Ἀθηνοκλέους καὶ Ἀθηναίων ἐποικισθεῖσαν Πειραιᾶ μετονομασθῆναι. καὶ ταύτην δὲ κατέσχον οἱ βασιλεῖς, ὁ δʼ Εὐπάτωρ ἐκόσμησεν ἱεροῖς καὶ προσέκτισε μέρος. Λεύκολλος δὲ καὶ ταύτην ἐπολιόρκησεν, εἶθʼ ὕστερον Φαρνάκης ἐκ Βοσπόρου διαβάς· ἐλευθερωθεῖσαν δʼ ὑπὸ Καίσαρος τοῦ θεοῦ παρέδωκεν Ἀντώνιος βασιλεῦσιν· εἶθʼ ὁ τύραννος Στράτων κακῶς αὐτὴν διέθηκεν· εἶτʼ ἠλευθερώθη πάλιν μετὰ τὰ Ἀκτιακὰ ὑπὸ Καίσαρος τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ, καὶ νῦν εὖ συνέστηκεν. ἔχει δὲ τήν τε ἄλλην χώραν καλὴν καὶ τὴν Θεμίσκυραν τὸ τῶν Ἀμαζόνων οἰκητήριον, καὶ τὴν Σιδήνην.

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Geography Perseus (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 1-3. Hamilton, Hans Claude, translator; Falconer, William, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854-1857.) — 12.3.14 focus

[14] Next to Gadilon¹ are the Saramene,² and Amisus, a considerable city distant from Sinope about 900 stadia. Theopompus says that the Milesians were the first founders, * * * * * ³[then by] a chief of the Cappadocians; in the third place it received a colony of Atlenians under the conduct of Athenocles, and its name was changed to Piraeus.

This city also was in the possession of the kings. Mithridates Eupator embellished it with temples, and added a part to it. Lucullus, and afterwards Pharnaces, who came from across the Bosporus, besieged it. Antony surrendered it to the kings of Pontus, after it had been declared free by Divus Caesar. Then the Tyrant Strato oppressed the inhabitants, who again recovered their liberty under Caesar Augustus after the battle of Actium. They are now in a prosperous condition. Among other fertile spots is Themiscyra,⁴ the abode of the Amazons, and Sidene.⁵

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1. Certainly one or more words have fallen out here.

2. It was in reference to his battle with Pharnaces near Zela that Julius Caesar informed the Senate of his victory by the words, “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

3. 31 B.C.

Strabo Geography 12.3.14

Horace Leonard Jones (Translator)

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