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I really wish articles like these would include photos, the referenced writings or at least the coordinates.


In general the Perseus Project hosted by Tufts holds all the original material, and most translations, from the Classical period one could want. Unfortunately it still seems to be running on the same hardware it was back in 1996 when I was making heavy use of it.

So instead, here is a public domain translation of the relevant section from Strabo's Geography. You're looking for paragraph 14, about halfway down the page:

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/13D...


I know - I had to search for it. This piece includes a bit of video as well:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/travel/news/archaeologists-...


Not to mention commas.



Once again, the comments on a non-HN site have further diminished my faith in humanity.




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