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[3] φασὶ γὰρ τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ Φρικίου τοῦ ὑπὲρ Θερμοπυλῶν Λοκρικοῦ ὄρους ὁρμηθέντας κατᾶραι μὲν εἰς τὸν τόπον ὅπου νῦν ἡ Κύμη ἐστί, καταλαβόντας δὲ τοὺς Πελασγοὺς κεκακωμένους ὑπὸ τοῦ Τρωικοῦ πολέμου, κατέχοντας δ᾽ ὅμως ἔτι τὴν Λάρισαν διέχουσαν τῆς Κύμης ὅσον ἑβδομήκοντα σταδίους, ἐπιτειχίσαι αὐτοῖς τὸ νῦν ἔτι λεγόμενον Νέον τεῖχος ἀπὸ τριάκοντα σταδίων τῆς Λαρίσης, ἑλόντας δὲ κτίσαι τὴν Κύμην καὶ τοὺς περιγενομένους ἀνθρώπους ἐκεῖσε ἀνοικίσαι: ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Λοκρικοῦ ὄρους τήν τε Κύμην Φρικωνίδα καλοῦσιν, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὴν Λάρισαν: ἐρήμη δ᾽ ἐστὶ νῦν. ὅτι δ᾽ οἱ Πελασγοὶ μέγα ἦν ἔθνος, καὶ ἐκ τῆς ἄλλης ἱστορίας οὕτως ἐκμαρτυρεῖσθαί φασι: Μενεκράτης γοῦν ὁ Ἐλαΐτης ἐν τοῖς περὶ κτίσεων φησὶ τὴν παραλίαν τὴν νῦν Ἰωνικὴν πᾶσαν ἀπὸ Μυκάλης ἀρξαμένην ὑπὸ Πελασγῶν οἰκεῖσθαι πρότερον καὶ τὰς πλησίον νήσους. Λέσβιοι δ᾽ ὑπὸ Πυλαίῳ τετάχθαι λέγουσι σφᾶς τῷ ὑπὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ λεγομένῳ τῶν Πελασγῶν ἄρχοντι, ἀφ᾽ οὗ καὶ τὸ παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς ὄρος ἔτι Πύλαιον καλεῖσθαι. καὶ Χῖοι δὲ οἰκιστὰς ἑαυτῶν Πελασγούς φασι τοὺς ἐκ τῆς Θετταλίας. πολύπλανον δὲ καὶ ταχὺ τὸ ἔθνος πρὸς ἀπαναστάσεις, ηὐξήθη τε ἐπὶ πολὺ καὶ ἀθρόαν ἔλαβε τὴν ἔκλειψιν καὶ μάλιστα κατὰ τὴν τῶν Αἰολέων καὶ τῶν Ἰώνων περαίωσιν εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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