Agathemerus 2.7
Chiara Palladino / Agathemerus - Diller
- Created on 2018-04-09 13:32:09
- Modified on 2018-04-09 14:08:50
- Translated by Aubrey Diller
- Aligned by Chiara Palladino
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0090.tlg001.opp-grc6:2.7
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0090.tlg001.opp-eng1:2.7
Τιμοσθένης δὲ ὁ γράψας τοὺς περίπλους δώδεκά φησι προστιθεὶς μέσον ἀπαρκτίου καὶ καικίου βορέαν , εὔρου δὲ καὶ νότου φοίνικα τὸν καὶ εὐρόνοτον , μέσον δὲ νότου καὶ λιβὸς τὸν λευκόνοτον ἤτοι λιβόνοτον , μέσον δὲ ἀπαρκτίου καὶ ἀργέστου θρασκίαν ἤτοι κίρκιον ὑπὸ τῶν περιοίκων [ ὀνομαζόμενον ] . ἔθνη δὲ οἰκεῖν τὰ πέρατα κατ’ ἀπηλιώτην Βακτριανούς , κατ’ εὖρον Ἰνδούς , κατὰ φοίνικα Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν καὶ Αἰθιοπίαν , κατὰ νότον τὴν ὑπὲρ Αἴγυπτον Αἰθιοπίαν , κατὰ λευκόνοτον τοὺς ὑπὲρ Σύρτεις Γαράμαντας , κατὰ λίβα Αἰθίοπας καὶ δυσμικοὺς ὑπὲρ Μαύρους , κατὰ ζέφυρον Στήλας καὶ ἀρχὰς Λιβύης καὶ Εὐρώπης , κατὰ ἀργέστην Ἰβηρίαν τὴν νῦν Ἱσπανίαν , κατὰ δὲ θρασκίαν [ Κελτοὺς καὶ τὰ ὅμορα , κατὰ ἀπαρκτίαν ] τοὺς ὑπὲρ Θράκην Σκύθας , κατὰ δὲ βορρᾶν Πόντον Μαιῶτιν Σαρμάτας , κατὰ καικίαν Κασπίαν θάλασσαν καὶ Σάκας .
But
Timosthenes
,
who
wrote
the
circumnavigations
,
says
there
are
twelve
,
adding
boreas
between
aparctias
and
kaikias
,
phoinix
also
called
euronotos
between
euros
and
notos
,
leuconotos
or
libonotos
between
notos
and
lips
,
thrascias
or
kirkios
(
as
called
by
the
local
people
)
between
aparctias
and
argestes
.
He
says
nations
dwell
on
the
borders
of
the
earth
,
towards
apeliotes
Bactrians
,
towards
euros
Indians
,
towards
phoinix
the
Red
Sea
and
Aethiopia
,
towards
notos
Aethiopia
beyond
Egypt
,
towards
leuconotos
Garamantes
beyond
the
Syrtes
,
towards
lips
western
Aethiopians
beyond
Moors
,
towards
zephyos
the
Pillars
and
the
beginnings
of
Libya
and
Europe
,
towards
argestes
Iberia
,
now
Hispania
,
towards
thrascias
Celts
and
their
neighbors
,
towards
aparctias
Scythians
beyond
Thrace
,
towards
borras
Pontus
Maeotis
Sarmatians
,
towards
kaikias
the
Caspian
Sea
and
Sacae
.