ἔστι τοίνυν ὄρη δύο ὑπερκείμενα τῆς Προποντίδος ὅ τε Ὄλυμπος ὁ Μύσιος καὶ ἡ Ἴδη. τῷ μὲν οὖν Ὀλύμπῳ τὰ τῶν Βιθυνῶν ὑποπέπτωκε, τῆς δὲ Ἴδης μεταξὺ καὶ τῆς θαλάττης ἡ Τροία κεῖται συνάπτουσα τῷ ὄρει· περὶ μὲν οὖν ταύτης ἐροῦμεν ὕστερον καὶ τῶν συνεχῶν αὐτῇ πρὸς νότον, νῦν δὲ περὶ τῶν Ὀλυμπηνῶν καὶ τῶν ἐφεξῆς μέχρι τοῦ Ταύρου παραλλήλων τοῖς προεφωδευμένοις λέγωμεν. ἔστι τοίνυν ὁ Ὄλυμπος κύκλῳ μὲν εὖ συνοικούμενος, ἐν δὲ τοῖς ὕψεσι δρυμοὺς ἐξαισίους ἔχων καὶ λῃστήρια δυναμένους ἐκτρέφειν τόπους εὐερκεῖς, ἐν οἷς καὶ τύραννοι συνίστανται πολλάκις δυνάμενοι συμμεῖναι πολὺν χρόνον, καθάπερ Κλέων ὁ καθʼ ἡμᾶς τῶν λῃστηρίων ἡγεμών.
There are two mountains situated above the Propontis, the Mysian Olympus and Ida. At the foot of Olympus is Bithynia, and, contiguous to the mountain, between Ida and the sea, is Troy.
We shall afterwards speak of Troy, and of the places continuous with it on the south. At present we shall give an account of the places about Olympus, and of the adjoining country as far as the Taurus, and parallel to the parts which we have previously described.
The country lying around Olympus is not well inhabited. On its heights are immense forests and strongholds, well adapted for the protection of robbers, who, being able to maintain themselves there for any length of time, often set themselves up as tyrants, as Cleon a captain of a band of robbers did in my recollection.
οὗτος δʼ ἦν μὲν ἐκ Γορδίου κώμης, ἣν ὕστερον αὐξήσας ἐποίησε πόλιν καὶ προσηγόρευσεν Ἰουλιόπολιν· λῃστηρίῳ δʼ ἐχρῆτο καὶ ὁρμητηρίῳ κατʼ ἀρχὰς τῷ καρτερωτάτῳ τῶν χωρίων ὄνομα Καλλυδίῳ. ὑπῆρξε δʼ Ἀντωνίῳ μὲν χρήσιμος ἐπελθὼν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀργυρολογοῦντας Λαβιηνῷ καθʼ ὃν χρόνον ἐκεῖνος τὴν Ἀσίαν κατέσχε, καὶ κωλύσας τὰς παρασκευάς· ἐν δὲ τοῖς Ἀκτιακοῖς ἀποστὰς Ἀντωνίου τοῖς Καίσαρος προσέθετο στρατηγοῖς, καὶ ἐτιμήθη πλέον ἢ κατʼ ἀξίαν προσλαβὼν τοῖς παρʼ Ἀντωνίου δοθεῖσι καὶ τὰ παρὰ τοῦ Καίσαρος, ὥστʼ ἀντὶ λῃστοῦ δυνάστου περιέκειτο σχῆμα, ἱερεὺς μὲν ὢν τοῦ Ἀβρεττηνοῦ Διός, Μυσίου θεοῦ, μέρος δʼ ἔχων ὑπήκοον τῆς Μωρηνῆς (Μυσία δέ ἐστι καὶ αὕτη, καθάπερ ἡ Ἀβρεττηνή), λαβὼν δὲ ὕστατα καὶ τὴν ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ τῶν Κομάνων ἱερωσύνην, εἰς ἣν κατελθὼν ἐντὸς μηνιαίου χρόνου κατέστρεψε τὸν βίον· νόσος δʼ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτὸν ὀξεῖα, εἴτʼ ἄλλως ἐπιπεσοῦσα ἐκ τῆς ἅδην πλησμονῆς εἴθʼ, ὡς ἔφασαν οἱ περὶ τὸ ἱερόν, κατὰ μῆνιν τῆς θεοῦ· ἐν γὰρ τῷ περιβόλῳ τοῦ τεμένους ἡ οἴκησίς ἐστιν ἥ τε τοῦ ἱερέως καὶ τῆς ἱερείας, τὸ δὲ τέμενος χωρὶς τῆς ἄλλης ἁγιστείας διαφανέστατα τῆς τῶν ὑείων κρεῶν βρώσεως καθαρεύει, ὅπου γε καὶ ἡ ὅλη πόλις, οὐδʼ εἰσάγεται εἰς αὐτὴν ὗς· ὁ δʼ ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις τὸ λῃστρικὸν ἦθος ἐπεδείξατο εὐθὺς κατὰ τὴν πρώτην εἴσοδον τῇ παραβάσει τούτου τοῦ ἔθους ὥσπερ οὐχ ἱερεὺς εἰσεληλυθὼς ἀλλὰ διαφθορεὺς τῶν ἱερῶν.
Cleon was a native of the village Gordium, which he afterwards enlarged, and erected into a city, giving it the name of Juliopolis. His first retreat and head-quarters was a place called Callydium, one of the strongest holds. He was of service to Antony in attacking the soldiers who collected money for Labienus, at the time that the latter occupied Asia, and thus hindered the preparations which he was making for his defence. In the Actian war he separated himself from Antony and attached himself to the generals of Caesar; he was rewarded above his deserts, for in addition to what he received from Antony he obtained power from Caesar, and exchanged the character of a freebooter for that of a petty prince. He was priest of Jupiter Abrettenus, the Mysian god, and a portion of the Morena was subject to him, which, like Abrettena, is Mysian. He finally obtained the priesthood of Comana in Pontus, and went to take possession of it, but died within a month after his arrival. He was carried off by an acute disease, occasioned either by excessive repletion, or, according to the account of those employed about the temple, inflicted by the anger of the goddess. The story is this. Within the circuit of the sacred enclosure is the dwelling of the priest and priestess. Besides other sacred observances relative to the temple, the purity of this enclosure is an especial object of vigilance, by abstinence from eating swine’s flesh. The whole city, indeed, is bound to abstain from this food, and swine are not permitted to enter it. Cleon, however, immediately upon his arrival displayed his lawless disposition and character by violating this custom, as if he had come there not as a priest, but a polluter of sacred things.
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