Greek Texts & Translations

markable figure in the sea, like a skirt of a mountain. But in tact the mountainous chain is continued from the country opposite Rhodes to the parts near Pisidia, and this range of mountains is called Taurus.

The Chelidoniae islands seem to be situated in a manner opposite to Canopus, ^note and the passage across is said to be 4000 stadia.

From the Sacred Promontory to Olbia ^note there remain 367 stadia. In this distance are Crambusa, ^note and Olympus ^note a large city, and a mountain of the same name, which is called also Phoenicus; ^note then follows Corycus, a tract of sea-coast. 9

Then follows Phaselis, ^note a considerable city, with three harbours and a lake. Above it is the mountain Solyma ^note and Termessus, ^note a Pisidic city, situated on the defiles, through which there is a pass over the mountain to Milyas. Alexander demolished it, with the intention of opening the defiles.

About Phaselis, near the sea, are narrow passes through which Alexander conducted his army. There is a mountain called Climax. It overhangs the sea of Pamphylia, leaving a narrow road along the coast, which in calm weather is not covered with water, and travellers can pass along it, but when the sea is rough, it is in a great measure hidden by the waves. The pass over the mountains is circuitous and steep, but in fair weather persons travel on the road along the shore. Alexander came there when there was a storm, and trusting generally to fortune, set out before the sea had receded, and the soldiers marched during the whole day up to the middle of the body in water.

Phaselis also is a Lycian city, situated on the confines of Pamphylia. It is not a part of the Lycian body, but is an independent city. 10

The poet distinguishes the Solymi from the Lycians, When he despatches Bellerophon by the king of the Lycians to this second adventure; he encountered the brave Solymi; ^note