Greek Texts & Translations

these form the boundaries of the Toronaean Gulf. Again, towards the east lies the promontory of Athos, [Nymphaeum,] which bounds the Singitic Gulf. Then follow one another the gulfs of the Aegean Sea, towards the north, in this order: the Maliac, ^note the Pagasitic, ^note the Thermaean, ^note the Toronaean, ^note the Singitic, ^note and the Strymonic. ^note The promontories are these: Posidium, ^note situated between the Maliac and Pegasitic Gulfs; next in order, towards the north, Sepias; ^note then Canastrum ^note in Pallene; then Derris; ^note next Nymphaeum ^note in Athos, on the Singitic Gulf; Acrathos, ^note the promontory on the Strymonic Gulf; between them is Athos, to the east of which is Lemnos. Neapolis ^note bounds the Strymonic Gulf towards the north. EPIT. 33

The city Acanthus, on the Singitic Gulf, is a maritime city near the Canal of Xerxes. There are five cities in Athos; Dium, Cleonae, Thyssos, Olophyxis, Acrothoi, which is situated near the summit of Athos. Mount Athos is pap-shaped, very pointed, and of very great height. Those who live upon the summit see the sun rise three hours before it is visible on the sea-shore. The voyage round the peninsula, from the city Acanthus to the city Stagirus, the birth-place of Aristotle, is 400 stadia. It has a harbour called Caprus, and a small island of the same name. Then follow the mouths of the Strymon; then Phagres, Galepsus, and Apollonia, all of them cities; then the mouth of the Nestus, which is the boundary of Macedonia and Thrace, as settled, in their own times, by Philip and Alexander his son. There are about the Strymonic Gulf other cities also, as Myrcinus, Argilus, Drabescus, and Datum, which has an excellent and most productive soil, dock-yards for ship-building, and gold mines; whence the proverb, A Datum of good things, like to the proverb, Piles of plenty. ^note EPIT. 34

There are numerous gold mines among the Crenides, where the city of Philip now stands, near Mount Pangaeus. Pangaeus itself, and the country on the east of the Strymon, and on the west as far as Paeonia, contains gold and silver