7. Proceeding along the coast, PIERIA borders upon Macedonis, the district under Mount Olympus,(1905) which ridge, where it approaches this coast, splits into two branches, the one stretching towards the mouth of the Peneus, the other towards those of the three rivers. Herodotus cannot make Pieria reach as far as the Haliacmon,(1906) as they are here separated by Macedonis Proper;(1907) he probably supposes it to begin just at the rise of mount Olympus, and divides the narrow plain on the sea-coast from the tracts to the interior. The southern boundary of Pieria is stated by Strabo(1908) and Livy(1909) to have been the district of Dium;(1910) so that these writers leave a narrow and mountainous strip of land, stretching towards Tempe, which belonged neither to Pieria nor Thessaly. The chief place in Pieria was Pydna, also called Cydna (according to Stephanus Byz.), and in later times Citron (according to the epitomizer of Strabo),(1911) which name still remains in the same place. 8. Now that we proceed from the divisions of the coast to the interior, we are deserted, indeed, by the excellent account of Herodotus; but there are nevertheless statements sufficiently accurate to determine the ancient name of each district. The high and mountainous valley of the Haliacmon was, according to Livy,(1912) called ELIMEIA; the inhabitants Elimiots, who are included by Thucydides(1913) among the Macedonians: the district is also called after their name Elimiotis.(1914) From thence proceeds the road to Thessaly over the Cambunian mountains;(1915) and another almost impracticable road to Ætolia over the mountainous country to the south of Elimeia.(1916) To Elimeia succeeded PARAUÆA, a fertile district, near the sources of the river called Aous, Æas, or Auus;(1917) and to the south again lay PARORÆA, which was crossed by the river Arachthus at the beginning of its course from under mount Stympha:(1918) the country near this mountain was called STYMPHÆA (or Tymphæa), extending to the sources of the Peneus and the land of the Æthicians.(1919) The ATINTANIANS reached beyond the country of the Parauæans, and within that of the Chaonians as far as Illyria.(1920) All these districts are indeed divided from Elimeia by the great chain of Pindus; but, from their connexion with that region, some account of them in this place was indispensable.