Strabo, Geography, Horace Leonard Jones (Translator), 14.1.45

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[45] Thirty stadia from Nysa, after one crosses over Mt. Tmolus and the mountain called Mesogis, towards the region to the south of the Mesogis,¹ there is a place called Leimon,² whither the Nysaeans and all the people about go to celebrate their festivals. And not far from Leimon is an entrance into the earth sacred to the same gods, which is said to extend down as far as Acharaca. The poet is said to name this meadow when he says, “On the Asian meadow”; and they point out a hero-temple of Caÿster and a certain Asius, and the Caÿster River that streams forth near by.

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.) — 14.1.45 focus

[45] ἀπὸ δὲ τριάκοντα σταδίων τῆς Νύσης ὑπερβᾶσι Τμῶλον καὶ τὸ ὄρος τὴν Μεσωγίδα ἐπὶ τὰ πρὸς νότον μέρη καλεῖται τόπος Λειμών, εἰς ὃν ἐξοδεύουσι πανηγυριοῦντες Νυσαεῖς τε καὶ οἱ κύκλῳ πάντες· οὐ πόρρω δὲ τούτου στόμιόν ἐστιν ἱερὸν τῶν αὐτῶν θεῶν, ὅ φασι καθήκειν μέχρι τῶν Ἀχαράκων. τοῦτον δὲ τὸν λειμῶνα ὀνομάζειν τὸν ποιητήν φασιν ὅταν φῇ Ἀσίω ἐν λειμῶνι, δεικνύντες Καϋστρίου καὶ Ἀσίου τινὸς ἡρῷον καὶ τὸν Κάυστρον πλησίον ἀπορρέοντα.

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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.) — 14.1.45 focus

[45] Thirty stadia from Nysa, as you cross the Mesogis to-words the southern parts of Mount Tmolus,¹ is a place called Leimon, or the Meadow, to which the Nysaeans and all the people around repair when they celebrate a festival. Not far from this plain is an aperture in the ground, sacred to the same deities, which aperture is said to extend as far as Acharaca. They say that the poet mentions this meadow, in the words,

On the Asian mead,²

and they show a temple dedicated to two heroes, Caÿstrius and Asius, and the Caÿster flowing near it.

Notes on the current edition

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1. The text, which seems to be corrupt, is recast and emended by Groskurd to read, “having crossed the Mesogis towards the region to the south of Tmolus.” But the simple rectification of the text made by the present translator solves the difficulty quite as well.

2. i.e., meadow.

Strabo Geography 14.1.45

Horace Leonard Jones (Translator)

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