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FKAGM. U 17. MACEDONIA. 507 west lies the rest of Bceotia, parallel with Attica. Strabo says that the Egnatian Way begins from the Ionian Gulf and ends at Thessalonica. E. 14. From these reefs, says Strabo, we shall first mark the boundaries of those who live about the river Peneus and Haliacmon near the sea. The Peneus flows from Mount Pindus through the middle of Thrace eastwards; passing through the cities of the Lapithae and some of the cities of the Perrhaebi, it arrives at the vale of Tempe, having in its course received the waters of several rivers : of these, the Europus (Eurotas) is one, called by the poet Titaresius. It rises from Titarius, (Titarus,) a mountain continuous with Olympus, which at this point first begins to mark the boundary between Macedonia and Thessaly. Tempe is a narrow valley between Olympus and Ossa. The Peneus continues its course from this narrow pass 40 stadia, having Olympus, the highest of the Macedonian mountains, on the left, [and Ossa on the right, near] the mouth of the river. At the mouth of the Peneus on the right is situated Gyrton, a city of the Perrhaebi, and Magnetis. where Pirithous and Ixion were kings. The city Crannon is 100 stadia distant from Gyrton. Some assert, that in the lines of Homer, " These two from Thrace," and what follows, for Ephyri we are to understand Crannonii, and for Phlegyes, the people of Gyrton. -Pieria is on the other side. E. 15. The Peneus, rising in Mount Pindus, flows through Tempe, the middle of Thessaly, the Lapithae, and the Per- rhsebi. It receives the Europus, (Eurotas,) which Homer calls Titaresius, in its course, and forms on the north the boundary of Macedonia, and on the south that of Thessaly. The sources of the river Europus are in Mount Titarius, which is contiguous to Olympus. Olympus itself is in Mace- donia ; Ossa and Pelion in Thessaly. EPIT. 16. At the roots of Olympus, and on the banks of the Pe- neus, is Gyrton, a Perrhaebic city, and Magnetis, where Piri- thous and Ixion ruled. [The city] Crannon is [100 stadia] distant [from Gyrton] ; and it is said that when the poet writes " Both from Thrace," we are to understand by Ephyri, the Crannonians, and by Phlegyes, the Gyrtonii. EPIT. 17. The city Dium is not on the sea-shore of the Ther- mjpan Gulf, at the roots of Olympus, but is about 7 stadia