[2782] Kramer suggests the omission of these words, which render the passage obscure.
[2783] Galabrii. The name of this people is unknown. Probably it should be changed to Taulantii, an Illyrian tribe, or considered as a second name of the Taulantii, or that of a tribe belonging to them. The name Galabrus, or Galaurus, king of the Taulantii, has come down to us, which gives some probability to the second conjecture. C.
[2784] The Mædi occupied the mountains which separate Macedonia from Thrace, between the river Strymon and Mount Rhodope. G.
[2785] The Gulf of Cataro.
[2786] Alesso.
[2787] A fortified rock near.
[2788] Durazzo.
[2789] Ergent, or Beratino.
[2790] Lao, or Vousoutza.
[2791] Polina. Thucydides calls Apollonia a colony of the Corinthians, and not of the Corinthians and Corcyræans. He states it, however, (b. i. c. 24,) to have been the practice for colonies which in their turn founded other colonies, to unite with them, on these occasions, citizens of the mother city.