Book 13
4.14
The conversion of water into stone is said to be the property of certain rivers in Laodiceia, although the water is fit for the purpose of drinking. The water at Hierapolis is peculiarly adapted for the dyeing of wool. Substances dyed with the roots,Madder-root. rival in colour those dyed with the coccus, or the marine purple. There is such an abundance of water, that there are natural baths in every part of the city.
4.15
After Hierapolis are the parts beyond the Maeander. Those about Laodiceia and Aphrodisias,Geira. and those extending to Carura, have been already described. The places which succeed are AntiochJenedscheh. on the Maeander, now belonging to Caria, on the west; on the south are Cibyra the Great,Chorsum. Sinda,Dekoī. and Cabalis, as far as Mount Taurus and Lycia.
4.15
Antioch is a city of moderate size situated on the banks of the Maeander, at the side towards Phrygia. There is a bridge over the river. A large tract of country, all of which is fertile, on each side of the river, belongs to the city. It produces in the greatest abundance the fig of Antioch, as it is called, which is dried. It is also called Triphyllus. This place also is subject to shocks of earthquakes.
4.15
A native of this city was Diotrephes, a celebrated sophist; his disciple was Hybreas, the greatest orator of our times.
