Latin Texts & Translations

Lydia, bathed by the sinuous and ever-recurring windings of the river Mæander, lies extended above Ionia; it is joined by Phrygia on the east and Mysia on the north, while on the south it runs up to Caria: it formerly had the name of Mæonia ^[Note]. Its place of the greatest celebrity is Sardes ^[Note], which lies on the side of Mount Tmolus ^[Note], formerly called Timolus. From this mountain, which is covered with vineyards, flows the

river Pactolus ^[Note], also called the Chrysorroas, and the sources of the Tarnus: this famous city, which is situate upon the Gygæan Lake ^[Note], used to be called Hyde ^[Note] by the people of Mæonia. This jurisdiction is now called that of Sardes, and besides the people of the places already mentioned, the following now resort to it—the Macedonian Cadueni ^[Note], the Loreni, the Philadelpheni ^[Note], the Mæonii, situate on the river Cogamus at the foot of Mount Tmolus, the Tripolitani, who are also called the Antoniopolitæ, situate on the banks of the Mæander, the Apollonihieritæ ^[Note], the Mesotimolitæ ^[Note], and some others of no note.