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But let us now return to the coast of Syria, joining up to which is Cilicia. We here find the river Diaphanes [Note],
Mount Crocodilus, the Gates [Note] of Mount Amanus, the rivers Androcus [Note], Pinarus [Note], and Lycus [Note], the Gulf of Issos [Note], and the town of that name; then Alexandria [Note], the river Chlorus [Note], the free town of Ægæ [Note], the river Pyramus [Note], the Gates [Note] of Cilicia, the towns of Mallos [Note] and Magarsos [Note], and, in the interior, Tarsus [Note]. We then come to the Aleian Plains [Note], the town of Cassipolis, Mopsos [Note], a free town on the river Pyramus, Thynos, Zephyrium, and Anchiale [Note]. Next to these
are the rivers Saros [Note] and Cydnus [Note], the latter of which, at some distance from the sea, runs through the free city of Tarsus, the region of Celenderitis with a town [Note] of similar name, the place where Nymphæum [Note] stood, Soli of Cilicia [Note], now called Pompeiopolis, Adana [Note], Cibyra [Note], Pinare [Note], Pedalie [Note], Ale, Selinus [Note], Arsinoë [Note], Iotape [Note], Doron, and, near the sea,
Corycos, there being a town [Note], port, and cave [Note] all of the same name. Passing these, we come to the river Calycadnus [Note], the Promontory of Sarpedon [Note], the towns of Holmœ [Note] and Myle, and the Promontory and town of Venus [Note], at a short distance from the island of Cyprus. On the mainland there are the towns of Myanda, Anemurium [Note], and Coracesium [Note], and the river Melas [Note], the ancient boundary of Cilicia. In the interior the places more especially worthy of mention are Anazarbus [Note], now called Cæsarea, Augusta, Castabala [Note], Epiphania [Note], formerly called Œniandos, Eleusa [Note], Iconium [Note],
Seleucia [Note] upon the river Calycadnus, surnamed Tracheotis, a city removed [Note] from the sea-shore, where it had the name of Holmia. Besides those already mentioned, there are in the interior the rivers Liparis [Note], Bombos, Paradisus, and Mount Imbarus [Note].
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