Eustathius, Commentarium in Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 496. 1-2 (ed. Müller)

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Dear Friends,

I could use some help with the second part of this sentence:

EUSTATHIUS, 12th century AD

Ἀχ 346. The Acheloios lies in Aetolia, near a Mt. Chalkis.

Commentarium in Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 496. 1-2 (ed. Müller)

Ὅτι Χαλκὶς ὄρος ἐστὶν Αἰτωλίας, ἀφ’ ἧς ὁ
Ἀχελῷος ἕρπει δίναις ἀργυρέαις.

Molinari:

That Mt. Chalkis is in Aetolia, from which Acheloios swirls with silver eddies.

Themata: Geography; Location: Aetolia/Akarnania

Could ἀφ’ ἧς be translated “in which” or “wherein”, since it refers to Aetolia not Mt. Chalkis? Is it OK to combine ἕρπει δίναις as “swirls”

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Dropping ὅτι from the English:

Chalkis is a mountain of Aetolia, down from which treads Acheloios in silver eddies.

Maybe ἕρπει just means “comes”, but I think it somewhat anthropomorphizes things, hence treads. I think that your instrumental “with silver eddies” is correct, although I wrote “in” for the same, just to complement the poetic diction.

Thing to notice here, I think, is that ἀφ’ ἧς feminine refers to Χαλκὶς, not to a neuter Χαλκὶς ὄρος “Mount Chalkis”. So, “is a mountain.”

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Thanks, Joel, very helpful. I like your “tread” very much!