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[8] τὸ δὲ Τίειόν ἐστι πολίχνιον οὐδὲν ἔχον μνήμης ἄξιον πλὴν ὅτι Φιλέταιρος ἐντεῦθεν ἦν, ὁ ἀρχηγέτης τοῦ τῶν Ἀτταλικῶν βασιλέων γένους: εἶθ᾽ ὁ Παρθένιος ποταμὸς διὰ χωρίων ἀνθηρῶν φερόμενος καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τοῦ ὀνόματος τούτου τετυχηκώς, ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ Παφλαγονίᾳ τὰς πηγὰς ἔχων: ἔπειτα ἡ Παφλαγονία καὶ οἱ Ἐνετοί. ζητοῦσι δὲ τίνας λέγει τοὺς Ἐνετοὺς ὁ ποιητὴς ὅταν φῇ “ Παφλαγόνων δ᾽ ἡγεῖτο Πυλαιμένεος λάσιον κῆρ
ἐξ Ἐνετῶν, ὅθεν ἡμιόνων γένος ἀγροτεράων.
”1 οὐ γὰρ δείκνυσθαί φασι νῦν Ἐνετοὺς ἐν τῇ Παφλαγονίᾳ: οἱ δὲ κώμην ἐν τῷ Αἰγιαλῷ φασι δέκα σχοίνους ἀπὸ Ἀμάστρεως διέχουσαν. Ζηνόδοτος δὲ ‘ἐξ Ἐνετῆς’ γράφει, καὶ φησὶ δηλοῦσθαι τὴν νῦν Ἀμισόν: ἄλλοι δὲ φῦλόν τι τοῖς Καππάδοξιν ὅμορον στρατεῦσαι μετὰ Κιμμερίων, εἶτ᾽ ἐκπεσεῖν εἰς τὸν Ἀδρίαν. τὸ δὲ μάλισθ᾽ ὁμολογούμενόν ἐστιν ὅτι ἀξιολογώτατον ἦν τῶν Παφλαγόνων φῦλον οἱ Ἐνετοί, ἐξ οὗ ὁ Πυλαιμένης ἦν: καὶ δὴ καὶ συνεστράτευσαν οὗτοι αὐτῷ πλεῖστοι, ἀποβαλόντες δὲ τὸν ἡγεμόνα διέβησαν εἰς τὴν Θρᾴκην μετὰ τὴν Τροίας ἅλωσιν, πλανώμενοι δ᾽ εἰς τὴν νῦν Ἐνετικὴν ἀφίκοντο. τινὲς δὲ καὶ Ἀντήνορα καὶ τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ κοινωνῆσαι τοῦ στόλου τούτου φασὶ καὶ ἱδρυθῆναι κατὰ τὸν μυχὸν τοῦ Ἀδρίου, καθάπερ ἐμνήσθημεν ἐν τοῖς Ἰταλικοῖς. τοὺς μὲν οὖν [p. 764] Ἐνετοὺς διὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἐκλιπεῖν εἰκὸς καὶ μὴ δείκνυσθαι ἐν τῇ Παφλαγονίᾳ.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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