Greek Texts & Translations

of Ulysses. That some of those who followed Teucer in his expedition settled among the Gallicians; ^note and that two cities were there, the one called Hellenes, ^note the other Amphilochi; but Amphilochus ^note having died, his followers wandered into the interior. He adds, that it is said, that some of the followers of Hercules, and certain also of the inhabitants of Messene, settled in Iberia. Both he and others assert that a portion of Cantabria was occupied by Laconians. Here is the city named Opsicella, ^note founded by Ocela, ^note who passed into Italy with Antenor and his children. Some believe the account of the merchants of Gades, asserted by Artemidorus, that in Libya there are people living above Maurusia, near to the Western Ethiopians, named Lotophagi, because they feed on the leaves and root of the lotus ^note without wanting to