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This instruction, accompanied by copies of the receipts to be given and those already
given I have appended to my letter, so that the zeal of each one of you for the divine
command may be more clearly manifested. I bid you farewell, for many years. Year
16/15/8, Mecheir 2 nd . (T.C. Skeat).
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Ps. Skyl. 14: jApo; ga;r jRhgivou povlei" eijsi;n ai{de: Lukroi,v Kaulwniva, Krovtwn,
Lakivnion ijero;n {Hra", kai; nh`so" Kalufou`", ejn h\/ jOdusseu;" w/{kei para; Kalufoi`,k
ai; potamo;" Kra`qi" kai; Suvbari", kai; Qouriva povli". Ou\toi ejn th`/ Leukaniva/.
From Rhegium the cities are the following: Locri, Caulonia, Croton, the Lacinium
Promontory sacred to Hera, and the island of Calypsos, in which Odysseus dwelt with
Calypsos, and the river Cratis and Sybaris and the city of Thurii. These are the Greeks in
Lucania. (D. Bartoli).
Strabo 6.1.4: eçsti dˆ auétoŸv oé iésqmoŸv eékatoŸn kaiŸ eéxh®konta sta®dioi metaxuŸ duei~n
ko®lpwn, tou~ t e ˆIppwnia®tou, oçn ˆAnti®ocov Naphti~non eiçrhske, kaiŸ tou~ Skullhtikou~.
The isthmus itself, one hundred and sixty stadia in width, lies between two gulfs –
the Hipponiate (which Antiochus has called Napetine) and the Scylletic. The coastingvoyage
round the country comprised between the isthmus and the Strait is two thousand
stadia. (H.L. Jones).
Strabo 6.1.11:
Meta; de; to; Skullhvtion hJ Krotwnia`ti~ cwvra kai; tw`n ∆Iapuvgwn a[krai trei`~.
meta; de; tauvta~ to; Lakivnion, {Hra~ iJerovn, plouvsiovn pote uJpavrxan kai; pollw`n
ajnaqhmavtwn mestovn. ta; diavrmata d j oujk eujkrinw`~ levgetai: plh;n w{~ ge ejpi; to;
polu; stavdivou~ ajpo; Porqmou` mevcri Lakinivou Poluvbio~ ajpodivdwsi discilivou~ kai;t
riakosivou~, ejnteu`qen de; kai; divarma ei;~ a[kran ∆Iapugivan ejptakosivou~. tou`to
me;n ou\n stovma levgousi tou` Tarantivnou kovlpou.
After Scylletium comes the territory of the Crotoniates, and three capes of the
Iapyges; and after these, the Lacinium, a temple of Hera, which at one time was rich and
full of dedicated offerings. As for the distances by sea, writers give them without
satisfactory clearness, except that, in a general way, Polybius gives the distance from the
Straits to Lacinium as two thousand three hundred stadia, and the distance thence across to
Cape Iapygia as seven hundred. This point in called the mouth of the Tarantine Gulf. (H.L.
Jones).
Strabo 6.2: uçsteron mevn ge kai; th`v mesogaivav pollh;n afhv
©rhnto, ajpo; tw`n Trwikw`n
crovnwn ajrxavmenoi, kaiŸ dhŸ epiŸ tosou~ton hu°xanto, w°ste thŸn mega®lhn èElla®da tau®thn
eçlegon kaiŸ thŸn Sikeli®an.
Later on, beginning from the time of the Trojan Wars, took away most of the inner
country (from the local inhabitants) and their power grew to such an extent that they called
Magna Graecia also Sicily. (D. Bartoli).