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Strabo, Geography, Book 6, chapter 1 (search)
e sea; and two navigable rivers, the Aciris and the Siris. On the Siris there used to be a Trojan city of theSiris there used to be a Trojan city of the same name, but in time, when Heracleia was colonized thence by the Tarantini, it became the port of the Heraclrought from there; for not only in the territory of Siris, but also at Rome, at Lavinium, and at Luceria, Athegh it is possible. According to some, however, both Siris and the Sybaris which is on the TeuthrasThe "Teuthram Lacedaemon, for the possession of the territory of Siris, they made a compromise and peopled Siris jointly, aSiris jointly, although it was adjudged the colony of the Tarantini; but later on it was called Heracleia, its site as well astwo, Metapontium was nearerThe other, of course, was Siris. to Taras,The old name of Tarentum. the newcomers wehey held this, they would also hold the territory of Siris, whereas, if they turned to the territory of Siris, Siris, they would add Metapontium to the territory of the Tarantini, which latter was on the very flank of Metapontium