Agathemerus 1.1
Chiara Palladino / Agathemerus - Diller
- Created on 2018-04-09 13:28:11
- Modified on 2018-04-09 13:51:40
- Translated by Aubrey Diller
- Aligned by Chiara Palladino
Translation and edition by Aubrey Diller, GRBS 1975
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0090.tlg001.opp-grc6:1.1-1.2
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0090.tlg001.opp-eng1:1.1-1.2
Ἀναξίμανδρος ὁ Μιλήσιος ἀκουστὴς Θάλεω πρῶτος ἀπετόλμησε τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν πίνακι γράψαι , μεθ’ ὅν Ἑκαταῖος [ ὁ ] Μιλήσιος ἀνὴρ πολυπλανὴς διηκρίβωσεν ὥστε θαυμασθῆναι τὸ πρᾶγμα · Ἑλλάνικος γὰρ ὁ Λέσβιος ἀνὴρ πολυίστωρ ἀπλάστως παρέδωκε τὴν ἱστορίαν . εἶτα Δαμάστης ὁ Κιτιεὺς τὰ πλεῖστα ἐκ τῶν Ἑκαταίου μεταγράψας περίπλουν ἔγραψεν . ἑξῆς Δημόκριτος καὶ Εὔδοξος καὶ ἄλλοι τινὲς γῆς περιόδους καὶ περίπλους ἐπραγματεύσαντο .
Anaximander
of
Miletus
,
disciple
of
Thales
,
first
attempted
to
draw
the
earth
on
a
map
.
After
him
Hecataeus
of
Miletus
,
a
widely-
traveled
man
,
improved
the
work
marvelously
.
Hellanicus
of
Lesbos
,
a
man
of
much
learning
,
gave
his
account
without
a
map
.
Then
Damastes
of
Citium
wrote
a
circumnavigation
,
drawing
mostly
on
Hecataeus
.
Next
Democritus
and
Eudoxus
and
others
wrote
tours
of
the
earth
by
land
and
sea
.