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[23] τὰ δὲ Μύλασα ἵδρυται ἐν πεδίῳ σφόδρα εὐδαίμονι: ὑπέρκειται δὲ κατὰ κορυφὴν ὄρος αὐτοῦ, λατόμιον λευκοῦ λίθου κάλλιστον ἔχον: τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ὄφελός ἐστιν οὐ μικρόν, τὴν λιθείαν πρὸς τὰς οἰκοδομίας ἄφθονον καὶ ἐγγύθεν ἔχον καὶ μάλιστα πρὸς τὰς τῶν ἱερῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων δημοσίων ἔργων κατασκευάς: τοιγάρτοι στοαῖς τε καὶ ναοῖς εἴ τις ἄλλη κεκόσμηται παγκάλως. θαυμάζειν δ᾽ ἔστι τῶν ὑποβαλόντων οὕτως ἀλόγως τὸ κτίσμα ὀρθίῳ καὶ ὑπερδεξίῳ κρημνῷ: καὶ δὴ τῶν ἡγεμόνων τις εἰπεῖν λέγεται θαυμάσας τὸ πρᾶγμα ‘ταύτην γάρ’ ἔφη ‘τὴν πόλιν ὁ κτίσας, εἰ μὴ ἐφοβεῖτο, ἆρ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ᾐσχύνετο;’ ἔχουσι δ᾽ οἱ Μυλασεῖς ἱερὰ δύο τοῦ Διός, τοῦ τε Ὀσογῶα καλουμένου καὶ Λαβραυνδηνοῦ, τὸ μὲν ἐν τῇ πόλει, τὰ δὲ Λάβραυνδα κώμη ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ ὄρει κατὰ τὴν ὑπέρθεσιν τὴν ἐξ Ἀλαβάνδων εἰς τὰ Μύλασα ἄπωθεν τῆς πόλεως: ἐνταῦθα νεώς ἐστιν ἀρχαῖος καὶ ξόανον Διὸς Στρατίου: τιμᾶται δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν κύκλῳ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν Μυλασέων, ὁδός τε ἔστρωται σχεδόν τι καὶ ἑξήκοντα σταδίων μέχρι τῆς πόλεως ἱερὰ καλουμένη, δι᾽ ἧς πομποστολεῖται τὰ ἱερά: ἱερῶνται δ᾽ οἱ ἐπιφανέστατοι τῶν πολιτῶν ἀεὶ διὰ βίου. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἴδια τῆς πόλεως. τρίτον δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἱερὸν τοῦ Καρίου Διὸς κοινὸν ἁπάντων Καρῶν, οὗ μέτεστι καὶ Λυδοῖς καὶ Μυσοῖς ὡς ἀδελφοῖς. [p. 920] ἱστορεῖται δὲ κώμη ὑπάρξαι τὸ παλαιόν, πατρὶς δὲ καὶ βασίλειον τῶν Καρῶν τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἑκατόμνω: πλησιάζει δὲ μάλιστα τῇ κατὰ Φύσκον θαλάττῃ ἡ πόλις, καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν αὐτοῖς ἐπίνειον.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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