Book 13
4.11
Some persons, in allusion to such countries as these, wittily observe that Bacchus is properly called Pyrigenes, or fire-born.
4.12
The places situated next to these towards the south, and extending to Mount Taurus, are so intermixed, that parts of Phrygia, Lydia, Caria, and Mysia running into one another are difficult to be distinguished. The Romans have contributed not a little to produce this confusion, by not dividing the people according to tribes, but following another principle have arranged them according to jurisdictions, in which they have appointed days for holding courts and administering justice.
4.12
The Tmolus is a well compacted mass of mountain,The range of mountains on the south of the Caÿster, bearing various names. of moderate circumference, and its boundaries are within Lydia itself. The Mesogis begins, according to Theopompus, from Celaenae,Celaenae was the citadel of Apameia Cibotus, Afium-Kara hissar. and extends on the opposite side as far as Mycale,Cape Sta. Maria so that Phrygians occupy one part, towards Celaenae and Apameia; Mysians and Lydians another; Carians and Ionians a third part.
4.12
So also the rivers, and particularly the Maeander, are the actual boundaries of some nations, but take their course through the middle of others, rendering accurate distinction between them difficult.
4.12
The same may be said of plains, which are found on each side of a mountainous range and on each side of a river. Our attention however is not required to obtain the same degree of accuracy as a surveyor, but only to give such descriptions as have been transmitted to us by our predecessors.
