τὰ δὲ πέραν ἤδη τοῦ Μαιάνδρου τὰ λειπόμενα τῆς περιοδείας πάντʼ ἐστὶ Καρικά, οὐκέτι τοῖς Λυδοῖς ἐπιμεμιγμένων ἐνταῦθα τῶν Καρῶν ἀλλʼ ἤδη καθʼ αὑτοὺς ὄντων, πλὴν εἴ τι Μιλήσιοι καὶ Μυούσιοι τῆς παραλίας ἀποτέτμηνται. ἀρχὴ μὲν οὖν τῆς Καρίας ἐστὶν ἡ τῶν Ῥοδίων περαία πρὸς θαλάττης, τέλος δὲ τὸ Ποσείδιον τῶν Μιλησίων, ἐν δὲ τῇ μεσογαίᾳ τὰ ἄκρα τοῦ Ταύρου μέχρι Μαιάνδρου. λέγουσι γὰρ ἀρχὴν εἶναι τοῦ Ταύρου τὰ ὑπερκείμενα ὄρη τῶν Χελιδονίων καλουμένων νήσων, αἵπερ ἐν μεθορίῳ τῆς Παμφυλίας καὶ τῆς Λυκίας πρόκεινται· ἐντεῦθεν γὰρ ἐξαίρεται πρὸς ὕψος ὁ Ταῦρος· τὸ δʼ ἀληθὲς καὶ τὴν Λυκίαν ἅπασαν ὀρεινὴ ῥάχις τοῦ Ταύρου διείργει πρὸς τὰ ἐκτὸς καὶ τὸ νότιον μέρος ἀπὸ τῶν Κιβυρατικῶν μέχρι τῆς περαίας τῶν Ῥοδίων. κἀνταῦθα δʼ ἐστὶ συνεχὴς ὀρεινή, πολὺ μέντοι ταπεινοτέρα καὶ οὐκέτι τοῦ Ταύρου νομίζεται, οὐδὲ τὰ μὲν ἐκτὸς αὐτοῦ τὰ δʼ ἐντός, διὰ τὸ σποράδας εἶναι τὰς ἐξοχὰς καὶ τὰς εἰσοχὰς ἐπίσης εἴς τε πλάτος καὶ μῆκος τῆς χώρας ἁπάσης καὶ μηδὲν ἔχειν ὅμοιον διατειχίσματι. ἔστι δʼ ἅπας μὲν ὁ περίπλους κατακολπίζοντι σταδίων τετρακισχιλίων ἐνακοσίων, αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ τῆς περαίας τῶν Ῥοδίων ἐγγὺς χιλίων καὶ πεντακοσίων.
THE places beyond the Maeander, which remain to be described, belong to the Carians. The Carians here are not intermixed with Lydians, but occupy the whole country by themselves, if we except a small portion of the sea-coast, of which the Milesians and Mysians have taken possession.
Caria begins on the sea-coast opposite to Rhodes, and ends at Poseidium, belonging to the Milesians. In the interior are the extremities of Taurus, which extend as far as the Maeander. For the mountains situated above the Chelidonian islands, as they are called, which lie in front of the confines of Pamphylia and Lycia, are, it is said, the beginning of the Taurus; for the Taurus has there some elevation, and indeed a mountainous ridge of Taurus separates the whole of Lycia towards the exterior and the southern part from Cibyra and its district, as far as the country opposite to Rhodes. Even there a mountainous tract is continued; it is, however, much lower in height, and is not considered as any longer belonging to Taurus, nor is there the distinction of parts lying within and parts lying without the Taurus, on account of the eminences and depressions being scattered about through the whole country both in breadth and length, and not presenting anything like a separation-wall.
The whole voyage along the coast, including the winding of the bays, is 4900 stadia, and that along the country opposite to Rhodus 1500 stadia.
ἀρχὴ δὲ τὰ Δαίδαλα τῆς Ῥοδίας χωρίον, πέρας δὲ τὸ καλούμενον ὄρος Φοίνιξ, καὶ τοῦτο τῆς Ῥοδίας. πρόκειται δʼ Ἐλαιοῦσσα νῆσος διέχουσα τῆς Ῥόδου σταδίους ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι. μεταξὺ δὲ πρῶτον μὲν ἀπὸ Δαιδάλων πλέουσιν ἐπὶ τὴν δύσιν ἐπʼ εὐθείας τῇ ἐκ Κιλικίας καὶ Παμφυλίας καὶ Λυκίας παραλίᾳ κόλπος ἐστὶν εὐλίμενος Γλαῦκος καλούμενος, εἶτα τὸ Ἀρτεμίσιον ἄκρα καὶ ἱερόν, εἶτα τὸ Λητῷον ἄλσος· ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ δὲ καὶ τῆς θαλάττης ἐν ἑξήκοντα σταδίοις Κάλυνδα πόλις· εἶτα Καῦνος καὶ ποταμὸς πλησίον Κάλβις βαθὺς ἔχων εἰσαγωγήν, καὶ μεταξὺ Πίσιλις.
The beginning of this tract is Daedala, a stronghold; and ends at the mountain Phoenix, as it is called, both of which belong to the Rhodian territory. In front, at the distance of 120 stadia from Rhodes, lies Eleussa. In sailing from Daedala towards the west in a straight line along Cilicia, Pamphylia, and Lycia, in the midway is a bay called Glaucus, with good harbours; then is the promontory Artemisium, and a temple; next, the grove sacred to Latona; above this, and at the distance of 60 stadia, is Calynda, a city; then Caunus, and a deep river near it, the Calbis, which may be entered by vessels; between these is Pisilis.
ἔχει δʼ ἡ πόλις νεώρια καὶ λιμένα κλειστόν· ὑπέρκειται δὲ τῆς πόλεως ἐν ὕψει φρούριον Ἴμβρος. τῆς δὲ χώρας εὐδαίμονος οὔσης ἡ πόλις τοῦ θέρους ὁμολογεῖται παρὰ πάντων εἶναι δυσάερος καὶ τοῦ μετοπώρου […] διὰ τὰ καύματα καὶ τὴν ἀφθονίαν τῶν ὡραίων· καὶ δὴ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα διηγημάτια θρυλεῖται, ὅτι Στρατόνικος ὁ κιθαριστὴς ἰδὼν ἐπιμελῶς χλωροὺς τοὺς Καυνίους, τοῦτʼ εἶναι ἔφη τὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ οἵη περ φύλλων γενεή, τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν. / μεμφομένων δὲ ὡς σκώπτοιτο αὐτῷ ἡ πόλις ὡς νοσερά ἐγώ ἔφη ταύτην θαρρήσαιμʼ ἂν λέγειν νοσεράν, ὅπου καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ περιπατοῦσιν; ἀπέστησαν δέ ποτε Καύνιοι τῶν Ῥοδίων· κριθέντες δʼ ἐπὶ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἀπελήφθησαν πάλιν· καὶ ἔστι λόγος Μόλωνος κατὰ Καυνίων. φασὶ δʼ αὐτοὺς ὁμογλώττους μὲν εἶναι τοῖς Καρσίν, ἀφῖχθαι δʼ ἐκ Κρήτης καὶ χρῆσθαι νόμοις ἰδίοις.
The city Caunus has a naval arsenal and a close harbour. Above the city upon a height is Imbrus, a stronghold. Although the country is fertile, yet the city is allowed by all to be unhealthy in summer, on account of the heat, and in autumn, from the abundance of fruits.
Stories of the following kind are related respecting the city. Stratonicus, the player on the cithara, seeing the Caunians somewhat dark and yellow, said that this was what the poet meant in the line, As are the leaves, so is the race of men. When he was accused of ridiculing the unhealthiness of the city, he answered, Can I be so bold as to call that city unhealthy, where even the dead walk about?
The Caunians once revolted from the Rhodians, but, by a decision of the Romans, they were received again by the Rhodians into favour. There is in existence an oration of Molo against the Caunians.
It is said that they speak the same language as the Carians, that they came from Crete, and retained their own laws and customs.
ἑξῆς δὲ Φύσκος πολίχνη λιμένα ἔχουσα καὶ ἄλσος Λητῷον· εἶτα Λώρυμα παραλία τραχεῖα, καὶ ὄρος ὑψηλότατον τῶν ταύτῃ (ἐπʼ ἄκρῳ δὲ φρούριον ὁμώνυμον τῷ ὄρει) Φοῖνιξ· πρόκειται δʼ ἡ Ἐλαιοῦσσα νῆσος ἐν τέτταρσι σταδίοις κύκλον ἔχουσα ὅσον ὀκτωστάδιον.
Next is Physcus, a small town; it has a port and a grove sacred to Latona: then Loryma, a rugged line of seacoast, and a mountain, the highest of any in that quarter, on the summit of which is Phoenix, a stronghold, of the same name as the mountain. In front is the island Eleussa, at the distance of 4 stadia. Its circumference is about 8 stadia.
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