Book 7
7.4
The country, from the commencement of the Macedonian and Paeonian mountains, as far as the river Strymon,Iemboli. is inhabited by Macedonians, and Paeones, and some of the Thracian mountain tribes. But all the country on the other side the Strymon, as far as the mouth of the Euxine Sea, and Mount Haemus,Balkan applies to the whole mountainous range of Haemus; Emineh to the part bordering on the Black Sea. belong to the Thracians, except the coast, which is occupied by Greeks, some of whom are settled on the Propontis,Sea of Marmora. others on the Hellespont and on the Gulf Melas,Gulf of Saros. and others on the Aegean Sea.
7.4
The Aegean Sea waters two sides of Greece; first, the eastern side, extending from the promontory SuniumCape Colonna. to the north as far as the Thermaean Gulf, and Thessalonica, a Macedonian city, which has, at present, the largest population in these parts. Then the southern side, which is a part of Macedonia, extending from Thessalonica to the Strymon. Some writers assign the coast from the Strymon as far as NestusKarasu, or Mesta. to Macedonia. For Philip showed the greatest solicitude to obtain, and at length appropriated it to himself. He raised a very large revenue from the mines, and from other sources which the richness of the country afforded.
7.4
From Sunium to the Peloponnesus are the Myrtoan, the Cretan, and the Libyan Seas, together with the Gulfs, as far as the Sicilian Sea, which consist of the Gulfs of Ambracia, of Corinth, and of Crissa.
