On this side Tmolus lifts his ridgy heights,

Well known to Bacchus, where wide-spreading plains

Stretch out upon the grain-producing earth;

And where Pactolus' all-enriching stream

O'erflows the country with its sands of gold.

And there Maeander through the joyful fields605

Directs his wandering waves; swift Hermus, too,

Cleaves meadows rich. And there is Gargara,

Beloved of Ceres, and the fertile plains

Which Xanthus waters, fed by Ida's snows.