[5] Then setting out by way of Eordaea2 with the whole army, after camping at the lake called Begorritis, the king advanced on the next day into Elimea to the Haliacmon river. [6] Then crossing the mountains which they call Cambunian by a narrow pass, he came down to Azorus, Pythoüs and Dolichê; the inhabitants call them Tripolis. [7] These three towns, after brief hesitation because they had given hostages to the people of Larisa, nevertheless, overcome by immediate fear, yielded in surrender. [8] After reassuring speeches to these, Perseus, not doubting that the Perrhaebians also would do the same . . .3 at once on his arrival received the surrender of the city with no delay on the part of the inhabitants. [9] Forced to besiege Cyretiae, he was repulsed the first day by a sharp rally of fighters at the gates; on the next day, by attacking with all his forces, he received before nightfall the surrender of everyone.