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 346 STRABO. CASATJB. 586. Lesbos, the city of Macar, contained, and Phrygia above it and the vast Hellespont." ' 8. Such was the state of the country at that time. After- wards changes of various kinds ensued. Phrygians occupied the country about Cyzicus as far as Practius ; Thracians, the country about Abydos ; and Bebryces and Dryopes, before the time of both these nations. The next tract of country was occupied by Treres, who were also Thracians ; the plain of Thebe, by Lydians, who were then called Maeonians, and by the survivors of the Mysians, who were formerly governed by Telephus and Teuthoras. Since then the poet unites together -/Eolis and Troja, and since the -ZEolians occupied all the country from the Hermus as far as the sea-coast at Cyzicus, and founded cities, we shall not do wrong in combining in one description ^Eolis, properly so called, (extending from the Hermus to Lectum,) and the tract which follows, as far as the .Esepus ; distinguishing them again in speaking of them separately, and comparing what is said of them by Homer and by other writers with their pre- sent state. 9. According to Homer, the Troad begins from the city Cyzicus and the river JEsepus. He speaks of it in this manner : " Aphneian Trojans, who inhabited Zeleia at the farthest extremity of Ida, who drink the dark waters of ^Esepus, these were_ led by Pandarus, the illustrious son of Lycaon." 2 These people he calls also Lycians. They had the name of Aphneii, it is thought, from the lake Aphnitis, for this is the name of the lake Dascylitis. 10. Now Zeleia is situated at the farthest extremity of the country lying at the foot of Ida, and is distant 190 stadia from Cyzicus, and about 80 3 from the nearest sea, into which the -ZEsepus discharges itself. The poet then immediately gives in detail the parts of the sea-coast which follow the JEsepus ; " those who occupied Adrasteia, and the territory of Apaesus, and Pityeia and the lofty mountain Tereia, these were commanded by Adrastus, and Amphius with the linen corslet, the two sons of Merops of Percote," * 1 II. xxiv. 543. 2 II. ii. 824. 3 M. Falconer pretend qu' au lieu de 80 stades il faut lire 180. Nos cartes modernes confirment la conjecture de M. Falconer. Gossellin. 4 II. ii. 828.