LIBERautē Meges habuit. Atꝗͥ Palēſes Dulichios appellauit Homerus: ſicuti Pherecydes ſcriptis oſtendit.Cephallēia Is præcipue cōtradicit Homero: ꝗ Cephalleniā & Dulichiū unū idemqꝫ pronūtiat. Siquidē ex p̄catoribus duo & quinquaginta e Dulichio ꝓficiſcunt̉. E Same uero qͣttuor & uiginti. Haud enim hocDulichiūProcatores diceret ex uniuerſa tot. Ex una uero de quattuor ad unū dimidios: quod ſiꝗs concedat interrogabi-Cephallēia mus quænā fuerit Same quādo ita inꝗt: Dulichiūqꝫ Samēqꝫ & nemoroſam Zacinthū. Cæterum acChelonata. Acarnaniā Cephallenia ſita eſt: e Leucata circiter quinquaginta diſtās ſtadia uel quadraginta: ut ali-dicūt. Ab Chelonata uero octoginta. Hæc uero ad ſtadia trecēta circuitū habet. In longū autē porreEneſiuscta tendit in Auſtrū montana: maximus in ea ſane mons extat. In quo Iouis Eneſii templū eſt: penasillud anguſtiſſima ac duriſſima Inſula Iſthmū efficit humilē: quē fluctus ſæpenumero e mari ſuperūCtanudat in mare. Penes anguſtū aūt hūc locū in ſinu ſūt Cranii & Palēſes. Inter Ithacā uero & Cephalle-Palenſesniā Inſulā iacet Aſteria: quā poeta noīat Aſteridē: Quæ non qͣlē poeta loꝗt̉ talis ꝑmanet autore Sce-Aſteriapſio: portus ꝗdē īſunt ad locāda nauigia utroqꝫ ex latere ꝓfundi. At Apollodorus adhuc eā manereAllalcome-dicit. In qͣ oppidulū eſſe inꝗt Allalcomenas noīatū: ſuꝑ ipſo Iſthmo iacēs: a poeta ꝗdē Samū dictum& Thraciā: quā hoc tꝑe Samothracē uocamus. lonicā ꝗdē nouit ut par eſt. Nā Coloniā lonicā noſſegamosSamothra. uidet̉: nec dubie ꝓtulit illius appellationē: cū de Samothrace uerba facit nōnunꝗͣ ꝑ adiectiuū. Threicieqꝫ Sami nemoroſe in uertice ſūmo: aliquādo ꝓpinquaꝝ cōiūctionē Inſulaꝝ: in Samon ac Imbrō& quæ planiſſima longis. Eſt nūcibus Lemnō & rurſum. Inqꝫ Sami atqꝫ Imbri ſterilis medio. Noratffaibros.Melamphi igit̉ Verꝝ illā minime: noīauit. Nec ſane eodē quondā appellabat̉ noīe: ſed Melāphilus poſtea An-thēnis: Deinde Parthenia a flumine Parthenio: ꝗ mutato uocabulo Imbraſus uocat̉. QuandoꝗdemAnthennis igit̉ reꝝ Troianaꝝ tēpore Samus & Cephallenia & Samothracia noīabant̉ earū noīa ab priſcoꝝ aliquo illis inducta fuiſſe liquet: ex ꝗbus & illud manifeſtū eſt ꝙ præter antiquā hiſtoriā qua colonosPartheniapoſt Ionicā Coloniā Tēbrioniſqꝫ præſentiā: e Samo ueniſſe fingūt & Samon Samothraciam noīaſſe.ImbraſusSamothra­ Planū inquā eſt Samios hoc eſſe cōmētos gloriæ cauſa. Vero aūt ſimilius illi dicūt ꝗ nomen Inſulæab altitudine īpoſitū aiunt. Samos nāqꝫ ſūmitas & altitudo uocat̉. Ex eo nāqꝫ loco tota ꝓſpectui pa-Samos. i. ſū tebat Ida: & Priami ciuitas & Acheoꝝ naues cernebant̉. Sūt qui a Saiis priſcis Thracie cultoribus: &cōtinēti finitimā habitabāt: Samū appellatā eſſe dicūt. Seu illi ſint ꝗ Sapei aut Sīti uocabant̉: quos omitaspoeta Sintias nūcupat aut alii. Saioꝝ ꝗdē meminit Archilocus: quiſpiā Saioꝝ clypeo mactarat quēad Thamanū ſine ꝓbro nō ſpōte reliꝗt: de ipſis Vlyxis ditiōi ſubiectis Inſulis zacinthus explicāda reSapeiſtat: paulopluſꝗͣ Cephallenia & Pelopōneſus in occaſum uergēs: eāqꝫ magis attīgēs. Zacīthi uero amZacinthus bitus ultra cētū & ſexagīta ſtadia eſt: abeſt aūt a Cephallenia ad ſtadia ſexagīta. Nemoroſa ꝗdē urbsEchinades ueꝝ fructifera eiuſdē noīs ciuitas eſt celebris. Ab ea diſtans ad Heſperidas Aphricæ ſtadia tria miliatrecēta. Inter hāc & Cephalleniā ad orientē ſolē Echinades Inſulæ iacēt: e ꝗbus Dulichiū eſt. HoditDulichiūuero Dolichā uocant: & quæ uocant̉ acutæ. i. Oxeæ quas poeta celeres appellat. Dolicha ꝗdē iacetDolichaad Oeniadas & ad Acheloi oſtiū. Diſtat aūt ab Araxo Elidis ꝓmontorio ſtadia centū. Reliquæ EchiOxeænades plures extāt cūctæ ſteriles & aſperæ: e ꝗbus quæ lōgiſſime abeſt ante Achelōi eruptinē ſtadiisAraxusquindecim diſtat. Quæ uero ꝓpius ſtadia quinqꝫ: cū prius pelago circūfluæ forēt. Limus .n. qui fre-Perachelo. quens defert̉ quaſdā illaꝝ in cōtinētis terræ faciē redegit. Alias mox rediget ꝗ etiā Perachelo in (ſicenim finitimā fluuio plagā uocāt) effecit: quā amnis inudat. Ea uero cū antiꝗs tēporibus ſemꝑ limi-Acheloi fa. tes cōfūderet bella īter uicinos ciebat Etolos: & Acarnanes terminos deſignās. Cūqꝫ arbitri nulli eſ-ſent armis ut iudicio decertabāt. Victoriā uero reportabāt qui plus uiriū uēdicarāt. Qua ex cauſa talis cōficta eſt fabula qͣſi debellāte Acheloū Hercule: cū uictoriæ præmiū reportaret Oenei filiæ De-Deianiraianiræ nuptias adeptus eſt. Eā quidē tragœdiaꝝ ſcriptor Sophocles hoc pacto loquentē ītroduxit.Procus ſane mihi ānis fuerat Achelous. Qui tribus me formis a patre petiit manifeſtus inceſſit tau-rus: alias tortus uarias ꝑ notas draco aliquādo mole ualida bouis præ ſe ferēs frontē: addunt nōnulliAmaltheæ Amaltheæ cornu capræ id eē: qd̓ Hercules ab Acheloi frōte effregit: Idqꝫ Oeneo maritale munus dedit Hercules. Quibus e rebus uerā pleriqꝫ ſimilitudine qͣdā Alegoriā educētes Acheloū ſicut flumicornuna reliqͣ tauro cōparāt: ob ſonos ipſos & Alueoꝝ circūflexiōes: ꝗͣs cornua uocant draconi quoqꝫ ꝑꝑAcheloustauro ſimi­ obliquatā ipſius lōgitudinē: eadē ē & bouinæ frōtis cauſa. Herculē quoqꝫ oībus alioquin beneficiūmortalibus Oeneo affinitate cōiunctū aggeribus: & aqͣꝝ ductibus fluuiū ꝑperā & dānoſe labentemcoercuiſſe. Cūqꝫ is abūdantia ferret̉ ingēti curſus aqͣꝝ ꝓpinquus Acheloo uaſtatis agris. Oenei gratia ſiccauit amnē. Hoc aūt Amaltheæ cornu eſſe. Troianis itaqꝫ tꝑibus Megetē Echinadas & OxeatMegesditiōe poſſediſſe Homerus dicit de quo addit. Diis carus genuit Phileus agitator equoꝝ Qui iamPhileusDulichiū cōdit ſuccēſus ab ira. In patrē. Fuit autem pater Augeas Elidis & Epæoꝝ dominus. VndoAugeashas inſulas Epæi tenuerūt: fuge Philei ad Dulichiū comites. Thaphioꝝ aūt Inſulæ Teleboaꝝ priusThaphiiextitere: quoꝝ fuit & Thaphus quā nūc Thaphiuntē uocāt. Seorſum ab iis fuerūt nō quidē ſpatiisThaphusſunt .n. ꝓpinqꝫ ſed aliis ſub ducibus: Thaphiis. .ſ. Teleboiſqꝫ cōſtitutæ. Primū igit̉ Aphitryon una cūCephalo Deionis filio & Athenis ꝓfugo aduerſus illos ductās exercitū: ipſis regē īpoſuit CephalumCephalusAt Homerus eos regis Mēte dominationi ſubditos dixit. Ipſos latrones appellans ſicut & TeleboasTeleboæ.Myrtūtius appellat uniuerſos. Hæc quidē de adiacētibus Acarnaniæ inſulis dicēda occurrerunt. Inter Leucadēuero Ambraciūqꝫ ſinū ſalſus eſt lacus Myrtūtius noīe. Ab Leucade uero deinceps Palerus: & AlygiaPalerusAcarnaniæ ciuitates ſunt: e quibus Alyzia lōge a mari quindecim diſtat ſtadiis: ad quā dicatus Her-Alyzia

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