Agathemerus 5.24
Chiara Palladino / Agathemerus - Diller
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- Modified on 2018-04-09 15:23:46
- Translated by Aubrey Diller
- Aligned by Chiara Palladino
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English
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0090.tlg001.opp-grc6:5.24
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0090.tlg001.opp-eng1:5.24
Πελοποννήσου δὲ ὁ περίπλους καὶ τῶν κόλπων συμμετρουμένων στάδια εχκζ , χωρὶς δὲ τοῦ κατακολπίσαι ὁ περίπλους στάδια δ · μῆκος δὲ ἀπὸ Μαλέας ἕως Αἰγίου στάδια αυ · ἔχει δὲ ὅμοιον σχῆμα φύλλῳ πλατάνου κόλποις μεγάλοις τεμνομένη · συνάγεται μὲν εἰς τὸν Κορινθίων ἰσθμὸν πλάτος σταδίων μ ἀπὸ τοῦ Κορινθίου κόλπου καὶ Σαρωνικοῦ ⋯ ἐπὶ τὸ Σκύλλαιον ἄκρον , ἔνθα ἐξ εὐωνύμων πρόκειται νῆσος Καλαυρία Ποσειδῶνος ἱερά , ἑξῆς δ’ ὁ Ἀργολικὸς κόλπος μέχρι Μαλέας ἄκρου ὃ πολὺ προπέπτωκεν εἰς πέλαγος , [ εἶτα ὁ Ἑρμιονικὸς κόλπος ] [ * ] , ἑξῆς δὲ μετὰ Μαλέαν Λακωνικὸς κόλπος ἕως Ταινάρου ἐκ δεξιῶν , ὃ περιορίζει ἐξ εὐωνύμων τὸν Μεσσηνιακόν κόλπον οὗ ἐκ δεξιῶν Ἀκρίτας ἄκρα , εἶτα προπέπτωκεν ἄκρον Ἰχθὺς καθ’ ὃν κεῖται Ζάκυνθος , καὶ ἕτερον ὁ Χελωνάτας , τελευταῖον δ’ ἄκρον Ἄραξος ἀντιπρόσωπον Ἀκαρνανίᾳ , μεθ’ ὃν ὁ Κορινθιακὸς ἀναχεῖται κόλπος ζ σταδίων συγκλειόμενος στόματι κατὰ τὸ Ρίον ἄκρον ὅ ἐστι τῆς Πελοποννήσου τὸ δ’ Ἀντίριον Λοκρίδος . ἀπὸ Ταινάρου ἐπὶ Φυκοῦντα Λιβύης τὸ δίαρμα στάδια γ .
The
circumnavigation
of
the
Peloponnesus
counting
the
gulfs
is
5627
stades
,
without
entering
the
gulfs
4000
stades
;
the
length
from
Malea
to
Aegium
is
1400
stades
;
the
shape
like
a
plane
leaf
,
cut
up
by
great
gulfs
;
it
narrows
in
the
Gulf
of
Corinth
to
the
Isthmus
40
stades
wide
between
the
Corinthian
and
Saronic
gulfs
.
⋯
to
Cape
Scyllaeum
with
the
island
Calauria
to
the
left
sacred
to
Poseidon
,
then
the
gulf
of
Hermione
,
next
the
gulf
of
Argos
as
far
as
Cape
Malea
,
which
juts
far
into
the
sea
,
next
after
Malea
the
gulf
of
Laconia
as
far
as
Taenarum
on
the
right
,
which
bounds
the
gulf
of
Messenia
on
the
left
with
Cape
Acritas
on
the
right
,
then
Cape
Ichthys
,
off
which
is
Zacynthus
,
and
Cape
Chelonatas
,
and
finally
Cape
Araxus
facing
Acarnania
,
after
which
opens
up
the
Gulf
of
Corinth
narrowing
to
a
mouth
of
7
stades
at
Rhion
in
the
Peloponnesus
and
Antirhion
in
Locris
.
From
Taenarum
to
Phycus
in
Libya
the
passage
is
3000
stades
.