Strabo Geography 8.6.17

[17] The poet mentions some places in the order in which they are actually situated; ^{1 2} but at other times not in their actual order: ³ and he mentions the places on the mainland at the same time with the islands: ⁴ for Crocyleia is in the country of the Acarnanians. And so, also, he here ⁵ connects Mases with Aegina, although it is in Argolis on the mainland. Homer does not name Thyreae, although the others often speak of it; and it was concerning Thyreae that a contest arose between the Argives and the Lacedaemonians, three hundred against three hundred; ⁶ but the Lacedaemonians under the generalship of Othryadas won the victory. Thucydides says that this place is in Cynuria on the common border of Argeia and Laconia. And there are also Hysiae, a well-known place in Argolis, and Cenchreae, which lies on the road that leads from Tegea to Argos through Mt. Parthenius ⁷ and Creopolus, ⁸ but Homer does not know them. Nor yet does he know Lyrceium ⁹ nor Orneae, which are villages in Argeia, the former bearing the same name as the mountain near it and the latter the same as the Orneae which is situated between Corinth and Sicyon.

[17] The poet frequently speaks of places in succession as they are situated;

they who inhabited Hyria, and Aulis; ¹

and they who occupied Argos, and Tiryns,

Hermione, and Asine,

Troezen, and Eiones.

Il. ii. 559. At other times he does not observe any order;

Schoenus, and Scolus,

Thespeia, and Graea. ²

Il. ii. 497. He also mentions together places on the continent and islands;

they who held Ithaca,

and inhabited Crocyleia, ³

Il. ii. 632. for Crocyleia is in Acarnania. Thus he here joins with Aegina Mases, which belongs to the continent of Argolis.

Homer does not mention Thyreae, but other writers speak of it as well known. It was the occasion of a contest between the three hundred Argives against the same number of Lacedaemonians; the latter were conquerors by means of a stratagem of Othryadas. Thucydides places Thyreae in Cynuria, on the confines of Argia and Laconia. ⁴

Hysiae also is a celebrated place in Argolica; and Cenchreae, which lies on the road from Tegea to Argos, over the mountain Parthenius, and the Creopolus. ⁵ But Homer was not acquainted with either of these places, [nor with the Lyrceium, nor Orneae, and yet they are villages in the Argian territory; the former of the same name as the mountain there; the latter of the same name as the Orneae, situated between Corinth and Sicyon]. ⁶