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[6] μέχρι μὲν δὴ τῆς Σογδιανῆς πρὸς ἀνίσχοντα ἥλιον ἰόντι ἀπὸ τῆς Ὑρκανίας γνώριμα ὑπῆρξε τὰ ἔθνη καὶ τοῖς Πέρσαις πρότερον τὰ εἴσω τοῦ Ταύρου καὶ τοῖς Μακεδόσι μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ τοῖς Παρθυαίοις. τὰ δ᾽ ἐπέκεινα ἐπ᾽ εὐθείας ὅτι μὲν Σκυθικά ἐστιν, ἐκ τῆς ὁμοειδείας εἰκάζεται, στρατεῖαι δ᾽ οὐ γεγόνασιν ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν γνώριμοι, καθάπερ οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τοὺς βορειοτάτους τῶν νομάδων, ἐφ᾽ οὓς ἐπεχείρησε μὲν ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος ἄγειν στρατείαν, ὅτε τὸν Βῆσσον μετῄει καὶ τὸν Σπιταμένην, ζωγρίᾳ δ᾽ ἀναχθέντος τοῦ Βήσσου, τοῦ δὲ Σπιταμένους ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων διαφθαρέντος, ἐπαύσατο τῆς ἐπιχειρήσεως. οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσι δ᾽ ὅτι περιέπλευσάν τινες ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἐπὶ τὴν Ὑρκανίαν: ὅτι δὲ δυνατόν, Πατροκλῆς εἴρηκε.

Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.

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