294 STRABO. CASAUB. 546. Sinope produces the maple, and the mountain nut tree, from which wood for tables is cut. The whole country is plant- ed with the olive, and cultivation begins a little above the sea- coast. 13. Next to the mouth of the Halys is Gadilonitis, extending as far as the Saramene ; it is a fertile country, wholly con- sisting of plains, and produces every kind of fruit. It affords also pasture for flocks of sheep which are covered l with skins, and produce a soft wool ; very little of this wool is to be found throughout Cappadocia and Pontus. There are also deer, 2 which are rare in other parts. The Amiseni possess one part of this country. Pompey gave another to Dei'otarus, as well as the tract about Phar- nacia and Trapezus as far as Colchis and the Lesser Armenia. Pompey appointed him king of these people and countries : he had already inherited the tetrarchy of the Galatians, called the Tolistobogii. Upon his death various persons succeeded to the different parts of his kingdom. 14. Next to Gadilon 3 are the Saramene, 4 and Amisus, a considerable city distant from Sinope about 900 stadia. Theo- pompus says that the Milesians were the first founders,
- 5 [then by] a chief of the
Cappadocians ; in the third place it received a colony of Athenians under the conduct of Athenocles, and its name was changed to Pirseeus. This city also was in the possession of the kings. Mithri- dates Eupator embellished it with temples, and added a part to it. Lucullus, and afterwards Pharnaces, who came from across the Bosporus, besieged it. Antony surrendered it to the kings of Pontus, after it had been declared free by Divus Cassar. Then the Tyrant Strato oppressed the inhabitants, who again recovered their liberty under Caesar Augustus after the battle of Actium. They are now in a prosperous condi- tion. Among other fertile spots is Themiscyra, 6 the abode of the Amazons, and Sidene. 7 1 B. iv. c. iv. 3. 2 topKfe. a Wesir Kopti. 4 The district between the Halys (Kizil Irmak) and the Iris (Jeschil Irmok). 5 Some words of the text are lost. 6 The tract of country between the Iris and the Thermodon. 7 The territory on the east of the Thermodon (Termeh).
