He did exactly as he desired. He embarked on a Sidonian ship which he always used when he had some such business in hand, and hoisted his signal for the rest also to put out to sea, leaving his land army where it was. Great wonder took him when he came and viewed the mouth of the Peneus, and calling his guides, he asked them if it were possible to turn the river from its course and lead it into the sea by another way.

+Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly, as tradition has it, was in old times a lake enclosed all round by high mountains. On its eastern side it is fenced in by the joining of the lower parts of the mountains +Pilion (mountain range), Nomos Magnisias, Thessaly, Greece, Europe Pelion and Ossa, to the north by +Olympus (mountain), Nomos Larisis, Thessaly, Greece, Europe Olympus, to the west by Pindus, towards the south and the southerly wind by Othrys. In the middle, then, of this ring of mountains, lies the vale of +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly.

A number of rivers pour into this vale, the most notable of which are Peneus, Apidanus, Onochonus, Enipeus, Pamisus. These five, while they flow towards their meeting place from the mountains which surround +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly, have their several names, until their waters all unite and issue into the sea by one narrow passage.