μετὰ Φασήλιδα δʼ ἔστιν ἡ Ὁλβία, τῆς Παμφυλίας ἀρχή, μέγα ἔρυμα, καὶ μετὰ ταύτην ὁ Καταράκτης λεγόμενος ἀφʼ ὑψηλῆς πέτρας καταράττων ποταμὸς πολὺς καὶ χειμαρρώδης ὥστε πόρρωθεν ἀκούεσθαι τὸν ψόφον. εἶτα πόλις Ἀττάλεια, ἐπώνυμος τοῦ κτίσαντος Φιλαδέλφου καὶ οἰκίσαντος εἰς Κώρυκον, πολίχνιον ὅμορον, ἄλλην κατοικίαν καὶ μείζω περίβολον περιθέντος. φασὶ δʼ ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ Φασήλιδος καὶ Ἀτταλείας δείκνυσθαι Θήβην τε καὶ Λυρνησσόν, ἐκπεσόντων ἐκ τοῦ Θήβης πεδίου τῶν Τρωικῶν Κιλίκων εἰς τὴν Παμφυλίαν ἐκ μέρους, ὡς εἴρηκε Καλλισθένης.
AFTER Phaselis is Olbia; here Pamphylia begins. It is a large fortress. It is followed by the Cataractes, as it is called, a river which descends violently from a lofty rock, with a great body of water, like a winter torrent, so that the noise of it is heard at a great distance.
Next is Attaleia, a city, so called from its founder Attalus Philadelphus, who also settled another colony at Corycus, a small city near Attaleia, by introducing other inhabitants, and extending the circuit of the walls.
It is said, that between Phaselis and Attaleia, Thebe and Lyrnessus are shown; for, according to Callisthenes, a part of the Trojan Cilicians were driven from the plain of Thebe into Pamphylia.
εἶθʼ ὁ Κέστρος ποταμός, ὃν ἀναπλεύσαντι σταδίους ἑξήκοντα Πέργη πόλις καὶ πλησίον ἐπὶ μετεώρου τόπου τὸ τῆς Περγαίας Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερόν, ἐν ᾧ πανήγυρις κατʼ ἔτος συντελεῖται. εἶθʼ ὑπὲρ τῆς θαλάττης ὅσον τετταράκοντα Σύλλιον πόλις ἐστὶν ὑψηλὴ τοῖς ἐκ Πέργης ἔποπτος· εἶτα λίμνη εὐμεγέθης Καπρία καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ὁ Εὐρυμέδων ποταμός, ὃν ἀναπλεύσαντι ἑξήκοντα σταδίους Ἄσπενδος πόλις εὐανδροῦσα ἱκανῶς, Ἀργείων κτίσμα· ὑπέρκειται δὲ ταύτης Πετνηλισσός· εἶτʼ ἄλλος ποταμὸς καὶ νησία προκείμενα πολλά· εἶτα Σίδη Κυμαίων ἄποικος· ἔχει δʼ Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερόν. πλησίον δʼ ἐστὶ καὶ ἡ Κιβυρατῶν παραλία τῶν μικρῶν· εἶθʼ ὁ Μέλας ποταμὸς καὶ ὕφορμος· εἶτα Πτολεμαῒς πόλις· καὶ μετὰ ταῦθʼ οἱ ὅροι τῆς Παμφυλίας καὶ τὸ Κορακήσιον, ἀρχὴ τῆς τραχείας Κιλικίας. ὁ δὲ παράπλους ἅπας ὁ Παμφύλιος στάδιοί εἰσιν ἑξακόσιοι τεσσαράκοντα.
Next is the river Cestrus; on sailing up its stream 60 stadia we find the city Perge, and near it upon an elevated place, the temple of the Pergaean Artemis, where a general festival is celebrated every year.
Then at the distance of about 40 stadia from the sea is [Syllium], on an elevated site, and visible at Perge. Next is Capria, a lake of considerable extent; then the river Eurymedon; sailing up it to the distance of 60 stadia, we come to Aspendus, a well-peopled city, founded by Argives. Above it is Petnelissus; then another river, and many small islands lying in front; then Side, a colony of the Cymaeans, where there is a temple of Minerva. Near it is the coast of the Little Cibyratae; then the river Melas, and an anchorage for vessels; then Ptolemais a city; next the borders of Pamphylia, and Coracesium, where Cilicia Tracheia begins. The whole of the voyage along the coast of Pamphylia is 640 stadia.
φησὶ δʼ Ἡρόδοτος τοὺς Παμφύλους τῶν μετὰ Ἀμφιλόχου καὶ Κάλχαντος εἶναι λαῶν μιγάδων τινῶν ἐκ Τροίας συνακολουθησάντων· τοὺς μὲν δὴ πολλοὺς ἐνθάδε καταμεῖναι, τινὰς δὲ σκεδασθῆναι πολλαχοῦ τῆς γῆς. Καλλῖνος δὲ τὸν μὲν Κάλχαντα ἐν Κλάρῳ τελευτῆσαι τὸν βίον φησί, τοὺς δὲ λαοὺς μετὰ Μόψου τὸν Ταῦρον ὑπερθέντας τοὺς μὲν ἐν Παμφυλίᾳ μεῖναι τοὺς δʼ ἐν Κιλικίᾳ μερισθῆναι καὶ Συρίᾳ μέχρι καὶ Φοινίκης.
Herodotus says, that the Pamphylians are descendants of the people who accompanied Amphilochus and Calchas from Troy, a mixture of various nations. The majority of them settled here, others were dispersed over different countries. Callinus says that Calchas died at Clarus, but that some of the people who, together with Mopsus, crossed the Taurus, remained in Pamphylia, and that others were scattered in Cilicia and Syria, and as far even as Phoenicia.
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