[3808] Pliny is the only author that makes mention of Stelendene.
[3809] In C. [19] of the present Book.
[3810] Previously mentioned by Pliny. See p. 439. Of Elatium nothing is known.
[3811] The same place that is also mentioned in history as Flavia Firma Sura. The site of Philiscum is totally unknown.
[3812] Nothing is known of this place.
[3813] Parisot remarks, that it is true that the Euphrates increases periodically, much in the same manner as the Nile; but that its increase does not arise from similar causes, nor are the same results produced by it, seeing that the river does not convey the same volume of water as the Nile, and that the country in the vicinity of its bed does not, like Egypt, form a valley pent up between two ranges of hills.
[3814] So called probably from the Greek διαφανὴς, “transparent.” It has not been identified, but it was no doubt a small stream falling into the Gulf of Issus.
[3815] Or “Passes.” As to Mount Amanus, see C. [18] of the present Book.
[3816] Parisot suggests that this is the Chersos of Xenophon, the modern Kermes.
[3817] The Deli-Su of modern times according to D’Anville, the Maher-Su according to Pococke.