Kitap 10
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At present those are called Cephallenians who inhabit Cepliallenia. But Homer calls all those under the command of Ulysses by this name, among whom are the Acarnanians; for when he says, Ulysses led the Cephallenians, those who possessed Ithaca, and Neritum, waving with woods,Il. ii. 631. (the remarkable mountain in this island; so also, they who came from Dulichium, and the sacred Echinades,Il. ii. 625.Il. ii. 625. for Dulichium itself was one of the Echinades; and again, Buprasium and Elis,Il. ii. 615.Il. ii. 615. when Buprasium is situated in Elis; and so, they who inhabited Euboea, Chalcis, and Eretria,Il. ii. 536.Il. ii. 536. when the latter places are in Euboea; so again, Trojans, Lycians, and Dardanians,Il. viii. 173.Il. viii. 173. and these also were Trojans): but after mentioning Neritum, he says, and they who inhabited Crocyleia and rocky Aegilips, Zacynthus, Samos, Epirus, and the country opposite to these islands;Il. ii. 633. he means by Epirus the country opposite to the islands, intending to include together with Leucas the rest of Acarnania, of which he says, twelve herds, and as many flocks of sheep in Epirus,Od. xiv. 100.Od. xiv. 100. because the district of Epirus (the Epirotis) extended anciently perhaps as far as this place, and was designated by the common name Epirus.
