CHAP. 32. (30.)—ÆOLIS.
Æolis1 comes next, formerly known as Mysia, and Troas which is adjacent to the Hellespont. Here, after passing Phocæa, we come to the Ascanian Port, then the spot where Larissa2 stood, and then Cyme3, Myrina, also called Sebastopolis4, and in the interior, Ægæ5, Attalia6, Posidea, Neon- tichos7, and Temnos8. Upon the shore we come to the river Titanus, and the city which from it derives its name. Grynia9 also stood here on an island reclaimed from the sea and joined to the land: now only its harbours are left10. We then come to the town of Elæa11, the river Caïcus12, which flows from Mysia, the town of Pitane13, and the river Canaïus. The following towns no longer exist—Canæ14, Lysimachia15, Atarnea16, Carene17, Cisthene18, Cilla19, Cocylium20, Theba21, Astyre22, Chrysa23, Palæscepsis24, Gergitha25, and Neandros26. We then come to the city of Perperene27, which still survives, the district of Heracleotes, the town of Coryphas28, the rivers Grylios and Ollius, the region of Aphrodisias29, which formerly had the name of Politice Orgas, the district of Scepsis30, and the river Evenus31, on whose banks the towns of Lyrnesos32 and Miletos have fallen to decay. In this district also is Mount Ida33, and on the coast Adramytteos34, formerly called Pedasus, which gives its name to the gulf and the jurisdiction so called. The other rivers are the Astron, Cormalos, Crianos, Alabastros, and Hieros, flowing from Mount Ida: in the interior is Mount Gargara35, with a town of the same name. Again, on the coast we meet with Antandros36, formerly called Edonis, and after that Cimmeris and Assos, also called Apollonia. The town of Palamedium also formerly stood here. The Promontory of Lecton37 separates Æolis from Troas. In Æolis there was formerly the city of Polymedia, as also Chrysa, and a second Larissa. The temple of Smintheus38 is still standing; Colone39 in the interior has perished. To Adramyttium resort upon matters of legal business the Apolloniatæ40, whose town is on the river Rhyndacus41, the Erizii42, the Miletopolitæ43, the Pœmaneni44, the Macedonian Asculacæ, the Polichnæi45, the Pionitæ46, the Cilician Mandacadeni, and, in Mysia, the Abrettini47, the people known as the Hellespontii48, and others of less note.