to all the countries, to Sampsames, to the Spartans, to Delos, to Myndos, to Sicyon, to Caria, to Samos, to Pamphylia, to Lycia, to Halicarnassus, to Rhodes, to Phaselis, to Cos, to Side, to Aradus, Gortyna, Cnidus, Cyprus, and Cyrene.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 23. Lampsacus, in Mysia, a free city.—Delus, an island of great trade after the fall of Carthage.—Myndus, a port in Caria.—Sicyon, another in Achaia.—Samus, and independent and powerful island near Asia Minor.—Pamphylia, in Cilicia, beyond Taurus.—Lycia had been freed from the Rhodians, by the Romans.—Alicarnassus, an ancient town of Caria, opposite to the isle of Coo.—Side, in Pamphylia. verse 1. Grotius conjectures we should read, “Sidon.”—Aradus, near the coasts of Syria.—Rhodes, famous for its Colossus.—Phaselis, a maritime town near Lycia.—Gortyna, a city of Crete, which was then an independent island.—Gnidus, an island near Rhodes.—Cyrene, a province of Egypt. It must hen have been partly free, and in alliance with Rome.
Some authorities read Sampsaces: the Latin versions have Lampsacus.