Book 13
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The poet then immediately gives in detail the parts of the sea-coast which follow the Aesepus; those who occupied Adrasteia, and the territory of Apaesus, and Pityeia and the lofty mountain Tereia, these were commanded by Adrastus, and Amphius with the linen corslet, the two sons of Merops of Percote,Il. ii. 828. These places lie below Zeleia, and are occupied by Cyziceni, and Priapeni as far as the sea-coast. The river TarsiusKaradere. runs near Zeleia; it is crossed twenty times on the same road, like the Heptaporus, mentioned by the poet, which is crossed seven times. The river flowing from Nicomedia to Nicaea is crossed four-and-twenty times; the river which flows from Pholoe to Eleia, several times; [that flowing from * * * * to Scardon,For σκάοͅθων in the text—read ὁ δ’ ἐκ. . . . . εἰς σάροͅδωνα. Meineke, who however suspects the whole passage to be an interpolation.] five-and-twenty times; that running from Coscinii to Alabanda, in many places, and the river flowing from Tyana through the Taurus to Soli, is crossed seventy-five times.
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Above the mouth of the Aesepus about * * stadia is a hill on which is seen the sepulchre of Memnon, the son of Tithonus. Near it is the village of Memnon. Between the Aesepus and Priapus flows the Granicus, but for the most part it flows through the plain of Adrasteia, where Alexander defeated in a great battle the satraps of Dareius, and obtained possession of all the country within the Taurus and the Euphrates.
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On the banks of the Granicus was the city Sidene, with a large territory of tile same name. It is now in ruins.
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Upon the confines of Cyzicene and Priapene is Harpagia, a place from which, so says the fable, Ganymede was taken away by force. Others say that it was at the promontory Dardanium, near Dardanus.
