Book 13
4.15
After Hierapolis one comes to the parts on the far side of the Maeander; I have already described12. 8. 13, 16, 17. those round Laodiceia and Aphrodisias and those extending as far as Carura. The next thereafter are the parts towards the west, I mean the city of the Antiocheians on the Maeander, where one finds himself already in Caria, and also the parts towards the south, I mean Greater Cibyra and Sinda and Cabalis, extending as far as the Taurus and Lycia. Now Antiocheia is a city of moderate size, and is situated on the Maeander itself in the region that lies near Phrygia, and there is a bridge over the river. Antiocheia has considerable territory on each side of the river, which is everywhere fertile, and it produces in greatest quantities the “Antiocheian” dried fig, as it is called, though they also name the same fig “three-leaved.” This region, too, is much subject to earthquakes. Among these people arose a famous sophist, Diotrephes, whose complete course was taken by Hybreas, who became the greatest orator of my time.
4.16
The Cabaleis are said to be the Solymi; at any rate, the hill that lies above the fortress of the Termessians is called Solymus, and the Termessians themselves are called Solymi. Near by is the Palisade of Bellerophon, and also the tomb of his son Peisander, who fell in the battle against the Solymi. This account agrees also with the words of the poet, for he says of Bellerophon,next he fought with the glorious Solymi,Hom. Il. 6.184and of his son,and PeisanderThe Homeric text reads “Isander” (see 12. 8. 5). his son was slain by Ares, insatiate of war, when he was fighting with the Solymi.Hom. Il. 6.203Termessus is a Pisidian city, which lies directly above Cibyra and very near it.
