Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 14.3.1

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[1] AFTER the part of the coast opposite¹ to Rhodes, the boundary of which is Daedala, in sailing thence towards the east, we come to Lycia, which extends to Pamphylia; next is Pamphylia, extending as far as Cilicia Tracheia, which reaches as far as the Cilicians, situated about the Bay of Issus. These are parts of the peninsula, the isthmus of which we said was the road from Issus as far as Amisus,² or, according to some authors, to Sinope. The country beyond the Taurus consists of the narrow line of sea-coast extending from Lycia to the places about Soli, the present Pompeiopolis. Then the sea-coast near the Bay of Issus, beginning from Soli and Tarsus, spreads out into plains.

The description of this coast will complete the account of the whole peninsula. We shall then pass to the rest of Asia without the Taurus, and lastly we shall describe Africa.

Geography. Strabo. Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator). London. 1854-1857.

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

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Γεωγραφικά Perseus (Strabo. Strabonis Geographica, Vols. 1-3. Meineke, August, editor. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.) — 14.3.1 focus

[1] μετὰ δὲ τὴν Ῥοδίων περαίαν ἧς ὅριον τὰ Δαίδαλα ἐφεξῆς πλέουσι πρὸς ἀνίσχοντα ἥλιον ἡ Λυκία κεῖται μέχρι Παμφυλίας, εἶθʼ ἡ Παμφυλία μέχρι Κιλίκων τῶν τραχέων, εἶθʼ ἡ τούτων μέχρι τῶν ἄλλων Κιλίκων τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἰσσικὸν κόλπον· ταῦτα δʼ ἐστὶ μέρη μὲν τῆς χερρονήσου, ἧς τὸν ἰσθμὸν ἔφαμεν τὴν ἀπὸ Ἰσσοῦ ὁδὸν μέχρι Ἀμισοῦ ἢ Σινώπης, ὥς τινες, ἐκτὸς δὲ τοῦ Ταύρου ἐν στενῇ παραλίᾳ τῇ ἀπὸ Λυκίας μέχρι τῶν περὶ Σόλους τόπων, τὴν νῦν Πομπηιόπολιν· ἔπειτα ἤδη εἰς πεδία ἀναπέπταται ἡ κατὰ τὸν Ἰσσικὸν κόλπον παραλία ἀπὸ Σόλων καὶ Ταρσοῦ ἀρξαμένη. ταύτην οὖν ἐπελθοῦσιν ὁ πᾶς περὶ τῆς χερρονήσου λόγος ἔσται περιωδευμένος· εἶτα μεταβησόμεθα ἐπὶ τὰ ἄλλα μέρη τῆς Ἀσίας τὰ ἐκτὸς τοῦ Ταύρου. τελευταῖα δʼ ἐκθήσομεν τὰ περὶ τὴν Λιβύην.

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Geography (Books 6-14) Perseus (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 3-6. Jones, Horace Leonard, translator. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1924-1929 (printing).) — 14.3.1 focus

[1] ¹After the Peraea of the Rhodians, of which Daedala is a boundary, sailing next in order towards the rising sun, one comes to Lycia, which extends as far as Pamphylia; then to Pamphylia, extending as far as the Tracheian Cilicians;² and then to the country of these, extending as far as the other Cilicians living round the Gulf of Issus. These are parts of the peninsula, the isthmus of which, as I was saying, is the road from Issus to Amisus, or, according to some, Sinope, but they lie outside the Taurus on the narrow coast which extends from Lycia as far as the region of Soli, the present Pompeïopolis. Then forthwith the coast in the neighborhood of Soli, beginning at Soli and Tarsus, spreads out into plains. So then, when I have traversed this coast, my account of the whole peninsula will have been completed. Then I shall pass to the other parts of Asia that are outside the Taurus. And lastly I shall set forth my account of Libya.

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Geography

1. μετὰ τὴν?̔ποδίων πεοͅαίαν, or, After the Peraea of Rhodes. Peraea was the name of the coast of Caria opposite to Rhodes, which for several centuries formed a dependency of that opulent republic. In the time of Scylax, the Rhodians possessed only the peninsula immediately in face of their island. As a reward for their assistance in the Antiochian war, the Romans gave them a part of Lycia, and all Caria as far as the Maeander. By having adopted a less prudent policy in the second Macedonic war, they lost it all, including Caunus, the chief town of Peraea. It was not long, however, before it was restored to them, together with the small islands near Rhodes; and from this time Peraea retained the limits which Strabo has described, namely, Dedala on the east and Mount Loryma on the west, both included Vespasian finally reduced Rhodes itself into the provincial form, and joined it to Caria.— Leake.

2. Samsun.

Strabo Geography 14.3.1

Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator)

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