jan 1, 330 BC - Pseudo-Scylax "Periplous"

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§ 17 After Ombria are the Tyrrhenians, and they stretch from the Tyrrhenian sea to the Adriatic. They have a Greek city Spina with a river. The sail upriver to the city is 20 stades. To there from the city of Pisa is a road journey of three days.

§ 18 After the Tyrrhenians are the nation of the Keltoi, the ones left over from the military campaign, reaching from atop the passes to the Adriatic . Here is the bottom of the Adriatic gulf.

§ 19 After the Keltoi the nation of the Henetoi, with the Eridanos river. The coastal voyage from there is one day.

§ 20 After the Henetoi, the nation of the Istroi, and the Istros river. This river also flows out into the Pontos, or by further embellishment, into Egypt. The coastal voyage along the Istrian country is one day and night.

§ 21 After the Istrians the nation of the Liburnoi. In this nation there are the following cities by the sea: Idassa, Attienites, Dyurta, Haloupsoi, Olsoi, Pedetai, Hemionoi. These last are ruled by women. The wives of free husbands have intercourse with their own slaves and the men of neighboring countries. Off this country are these islands whose names I can say — there are many other nameless ones: Istris island, length 310 stades, width 120, Elektrides, Mentorides — these are the large islands. The river Katarbates. The coastal voyage along the country of Liburnis is two days.

§ 22 After the Liburnians the nation of the Illyrians, and the Illyrians live along the sea as far as Chaonia opposite Kerkyra the island of Alkinoos. There is a Hellenic city there, named Herakleia, with a harbor. The so-called Lotophagi barbarians are here, namely the Iaderatenai and Boulinoi. The Hylloi, who share a border with the Boulinoi, say they were settled here by Hyllos the son of Herakles, but they are barbarians. They inhabit a peninsula a little smaller than the Peloponnese. From the peninsula stretches an island like a straight ribbon, which the Boulinoi inhabit. The Boulinoi are an Illyrian nation. The coastal voyage along the country of the Boulinoi is one long day. The Nestaioi are on the Nestos river. From the Nestos the voyage is along a gulf. All this gulf is called the Manios. The voyage is one day.

§ 81 In the Electrides Islands, which lie in the gulf of the Adriatic, they say that two statues have been dedicated, one of tin and one of copper, wrought in the old-fashioned style

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