Greek Texts & Translations

governments are better constituted [as that of Arethusa under Sampsiceramus, that of Themella under Gambarus, and other states of this kind]. ^note 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 tract ^note of the Aradii, where are Paltus, ^note Balanaea, and Carnus, ^note the arsenal of Aradus, which has a small harbour; then Enydra, ^note and Marathus, an ancient city of the Phoenicians in ruins. The Aradii ^note divided the territory by lot. Then follows the district Simyra. ^note Continuous with these places is Orthosia, ^note then the river Eleutherus, which some make the boundary of Seleucis towards Phoenicia and Coele-Syria. 13

Aradus is in front of a rocky coast without harbours, and situated nearly between its arsenal ^note and Marathus. It is distant from the land 20 stadia. It is a rock, surrounded by the sea, of about seven stadia in circuit, and covered with dwellings. The population even at present is so large that the houses have many stories. It was colonized, it is said, by fugitives from Sidon. The inhabitants are supplied with water partly from cisterns containing rain water, and partly