Kitap 9
5.12
Pindus is a large mountain, having on the north Macedonia, on the west Perrhaebi, settlers from another country, on the south Dolopes, [and on the east Hestiaeotis] which belongs to Thessaly. Close upon Pindus dwelt Talares, a tribe of Molotti, detached from the Molotti about Mount Tomarus, and Aethices, among whom the poet says the Centaurs took refuge when expelled by Peirithous.Il. ii. 744. They are at present, it is said, extinct. But this extinction is to be understood in two senses; either the inhabitants have been exterminated, and the country deserted, or the name of the nation exists no longer, or the community does not preserve its ancient form. Whenever the community, which continues, is insignificant, we do not think it worth while to record either its existence or its change of name. But when it has any just pretensions to notice, it is necessary to remark the change which it has undergone.
5.13
It remains for us to describe the tract of sea-coast subject to Achilles: we begin from Thermopylae, for we have spoken of the coast of Locris, and of the interior.
5.13
Thermopylae is separated from the Cenaeum by a strait 70 stadia across. Coasting beyond the Pylae, it is at a distance from the Spercheius of about 10, (60?) and thence to Phalara of 20 stadia. Above Phalara, 50 stadia from the sea, lies the city of the [Lamians]. Then coasting along the shore 100 stadia, we find above it, Echinus. At the distance of 20 stadia from the following tract of coast, in the interior, is Larisa Cremaste, which has the name also of Larisa Pelasgia.
5.14
Then follows a small island, Myonnesus; next Antron; which was subject to Protesilaus. Thus much concerning the territory subject to Achilles.
5.14
As the poet, in naming the chiefs, and cities under their rule, has divided the country into numerous well-known parts, and has given an accurate account of the whole circuit of Thessaly, we shall follow him, as before, in completing the description of this region.
