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B. ix. c. v. $ 20. THESSALY. 145 called Larisa, and there is a river Larisus, which separates Eleia from Dyme. Theopompus mentions a city Larisa, situ- ated on the immediate confines of this country. In Asia is Larisa Phriconis near Cume, arid another Larisa near Hamax- itus, in the Troad. There is also an Ephesian Larisa, and a Larisa in Syria. At 50 stadia from Mitylene are the Lari- samn rocks, on the road to Methymne. There is a Larisa in Attica ; and a village of this name at the distance of 30 stadia from Tralleis, situated above the city, on the road to the plain of the Cayster, passing by Mesogis towards the temple of Mater Isodroma. This Larisa has a similar position, and possesses similar advantages to those of Larisa Cremaste ; for it has abundance of water and vineyards. Perhaps Jupiter had the appellation of Larisaeus from this place. There is also on the left side of the Pontus (Euxine) a village called Larisa, near the extremities of Mount Haemus, between Nau- lochus [and Odessus]. 1 Oloosson, called the White, from its chalky soil, Elone, and Gonnus are Perrhasbic cities. The name of Elone was changed to that of Leimone. It is now in ruins. Both lie at the foot of Olympus, not very far from the river Eurotas, which the poet calls Titaresius. 20. The poet speaks both of this river and of the Per- i in the subsequent verses, when he says, " Guiieus brought from Cyphus two and twenty vessels. His followers were Enienes and Peiaebi, firm in battle. They dwelt near the wintry Dodona, arid tilled the fields about the lovely Titaresius." 2 He mentions therefore these places as belonging to the Per- rhsebi, which comprised a part of the Hestireotis. 3 They were in part Perrhsebic towns, which were subject to Polypcetes. He assigned them however to the Lapithje, because these people and the Perrhasbi lived intermixed together, and the Lapitha? occupied the plains. The country, which belonged to the Perrhsebi, was, for the most part, subject to the La- pitha3, but the Perrhasbi possessed the more mountainous tracts towards Olympus and Tempe, such as Cyphus, Dodone, and the country about the river Titaresius. This river rises 1 Groskurd suggests the insertion here of Messembria or Odessus. Kramer is inclined to adopt the latter. 2 II. ii. 748. 3 Or Pelasgiotis. Groskurd. VOL. II. L