Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 16.2.12

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[12] Such is the nature of the interior parts of the district of Seleuceia.

The remainder of the navigation along the coast from Laodiceia is such as I shall now describe.

Near Laodiceia are the small cities, Poseidium, Heracleium, and Gabala. Then follows the maritime tract¹ of the Aradii, where are Paltus,² Balanaea, and Carnus,³ the arsenal of Aradus, which has a small harbour; then Enydra,⁴ and Marathus, an ancient city of the Phoenicians in ruins. The Aradii⁵ divided the territory by lot. Then follows the district Simyra.⁶ Continuous with these places is Orthosia,⁷ then the river Eleutherus, which some make the boundary of Seleucis towards Phoenicia and Coele-Syria.

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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[12] τοιαύτη μὲν ἡ μεσόγαια τῆς Σελευκίδος, ὁ δὲ παράπλους ὁ λοιπὸς ἀπὸ τῆς Λαοδικείας ἐστὶ τοιοῦτος· τῇ γὰρ Λαοδικείᾳ πλησιάζει πολίχνια, τό τε Ποσείδιον καὶ τὸ Ἡράκλειον καὶ τὰ Γάβαλα· εἶτʼ ἤδη ἡ τῶν Ἀραδίων παραλία, Πάλτος καὶ Βαλαναία καὶ Κάρνος, τὸ ἐπίνειον τῆς Ἀράδου λιμένιον ἔχον· εἶτʼ Ἔνυδρα καὶ Μάραθος πόλις Φοινίκων ἀρχαία κατεσπασμένη. τὴν δὲ χώραν Ἀράδιοι κατεκληρούχησαν καὶ τὰ Σίμυρα τὸ ἐφεξῆς χωρίον· τούτοις δʼ ἡ Ὀρθωσία συνεχής ἐστι καὶ ὁ Ἐλεύθερος ὁ πλησίον ποταμός, ὅνπερ ὅριον ποιοῦνταί τινες Σελευκίδος πρὸς τὴν Φοινίκην καὶ τὴν κοίλην Συρίαν.

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Geography

1. παοͅαλία, but this is a correction for παλαιά, which Letronne proposes to correct for πεοͅαία, which is supported in § 13, below. The part of the continent opposite, and belonging to an island, was properly called Peraea, of which there are many examples. That part of Asia Minor which is opposite Rhodes was so called, b. xiv. c. v. § 11, as also the coast opposite Tenedos, b. xiii. c. i. § 46. Peraea was also adopted as a proper name. Livy, xxxiii. 18.

2. Pococke places Paltus at Boldo; Shaw, at the ruins at the mouth of the Melleck, six miles from Jebilee, the ancient Gabala.

3. Carnoon.

4. Ain-el-Hiyeh.

5. According to Pococke, the ruins of Aradus (Ruad) are half a mile to the north of Tortosa (Antaradus). It is remarkable that Strabo makes no mention of Antaradus, situated on the continent opposite Aradus; Pliny is the first author who speaks of it. Probably the place only became of note subsequent to the time of Strabo, and acquired power at the expense of some of the small towns here mentioned. Antaradus, reëstablished by Constantine, assumed the name of Constantia

6. Sumrah.

7. Ortosa.

Strabo Geography 16.2.12

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

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