Agathemerus 1.4
Chiara Palladino / Agathemerus - Diller
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Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0090.tlg001.opp-grc6:1.4
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0090.tlg001.opp-eng1:1.4
Ἐκλήθησαν δ’ ἤπειροι ἄπειροί τινες οὖσαι δι’ ἄγνοιαν · Ἀσία δ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἆσσον ἰέναι τοῖς ἀπ’ Εὐρώπης ἀπιοῦσι καὶ πεζῆ καὶ νήσοις στιχηδὸν κειμέναις · Εὔβοια Ἄνδρος Τῆνος Μύκονος Ἰκαρία Σάμος Μυκάλη · ἡ δὲ Εὐρώπη ἀπὸ τοῦ εὔρους ὠνομάσθη · Λιβύη δ’ ὑφ’ Ἑλλήνων ἦν ἄγνωστος πάνυ , ἀπὸ δὲ ἔθνους ἐπισήμου Φοίνικες ὠνομάσθησαν πλέοντες · ὠκεανὸς δὲ διὰ τὸ ὠκέως ἀνύειν κύκλῳ τὴν γῆν .
The
continents
were
called
ἤπειροι
as
being
boundless
(
ἄπειροι
)
,
out
of
ignorance
.
Asia
was
named
for
coming
close
(
ἆσσον
)
for
those
going
over
from
Europe
both
by
land
and
by
the
islands
lying
in
a
row
:
Euboea
Andros
Tenos
Myconos
Icaria
Samos
Mycale
.
Europe
was
named
for
its
breadth
(
εὖρος
)
.
Libya
was
quite
unknown
to
the
Greeks
,
but
from
a
signal
nation
†Phoenicians
were
named
seafaring†
.
The
ocean
was
named
for
quickly
encircling
(
ὠκέως
ἀνύειν
)
the
earth
.