Kitap 13
1.8
Now such were the conditions at the time of the Trojan War, but all kinds of changes followed later; for the parts round Cyzicus as far as the Practius were colonized by Phrygians, and those round Abydus by Thracians; and still before these two by Bebryces and Dryopes.Leaf (Strabo on the Troad, p. 61 makes a strong case for emending “Dryopes” to “Doliones,” but leaves the Greek text (p. 7) unchanged. And the country that lies next was colonized by the Treres, themselves also Thracians; and the Plain of Thebe by Lydians, then called Maeonians, and by the survivors of the Mysians who had formerly been subject to Telephus and Teuthras. So then, since the poet combines Aeolis and Troy, and since the Aeolians held possession of all the country from the Hermus RiverSee 13. 1. 1, and p. 40 of Leaf’s article cited in footnote there. to the seaboard at Cyzicus, and founded their cities there, I too might not be guilty of describing them wrongly if I combined Aeolis, now properly so called, extending from the Hermus River to Lectum, and the country next after it, extending to the Aesepus River; for in my detailed treatment of the two, I shall distinguish them again, setting forth, along with the facts as they now are, the statements of Homer and others.
1.9
According to Homer, then, the Troad begins after the city of the Cyziceni and the Aesepus River. And he so speaks of it: And those who dwelt in Zeleia beneath the nethermost foot of Ida, Aphneii,See footnote on Aphneii in 13. 1. 7. who drink the dark water of the Aesepus, Trojans; these in turn were commanded by Pandarus the glorious son of Lycaon.Hom. Il. 2.824These he also calls Lycians.See 13. 1. 7. And they are thought to have been called “Aphneii” after Lake “Aphnitis,” for Lake Dascylitis is also called by that name.
