Agathemerus 3.14
Chiara Palladino / Agathemerus - Diller
- Created on 2018-04-09 13:36:08
- Modified on 2018-04-09 14:26:37
- Translated by Aubrey Diller
- Aligned by Chiara Palladino
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0090.tlg001.opp-grc6:3.14
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0090.tlg001.opp-eng1:3.14
Ὁ δὲ Ἀράβιος κόλπος στενὸς ὢν καὶ προμήκης ἄρχεται ἀπὸ Ἡρώων πολίτου μυχοῦ παρὰ τὴν Τρωγλοδυτικὴν ἕως τῆς Πτολεμαΐδος τῆς ἐπὶ θήρας σταδίων θ τὸ μῆκος , [ τὰ δὲ κατὰ Δειρὴν στενὰ σταδίων ξ ] [ * ] , ἔνθεν ἑξῆς πλοῦς σταδίων ϛφ , [ τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν οὐ πλεῖται ] [ * ] παρὰ τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν ἕως ὠκεανοῦ σταδίων ε · τὸ δὲ παρὰ τὴν Ἀραβίαν πλευρὰν ἀπὸ Αἰλανίτου μυχοῦ σταδίων μυρίων δ . αὐτὴ δὲ ἡ Ἀραβία εἰς τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν καθήκει καὶ μεμήκυται ἐπὶ σταδίων μυρίων δισχιλίων .
The
Arabian
Gulf
,
being
narrow
and
oblong
,
begins
from
the
gulf
of
Heroöpolis
along
Troglodytica
to
Ptolemais
at
the
Hunts
9000
stades
long
,
where
follows
a
voyage
of
6500
stades
,
the
narrows
at
Deire
of
60
stades
,
along
the
Red
Sea
to
the
ocean
5000
stades
,
the
rest
is
not
navigated
.
The
side
along
Arabia
from
the
gulf
of
Aelana
is
14000
stades
.
Arabia
itself
extends
to
the
Red
Sea
and
lengthens
to
12000
stades
.