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[44]
Καθόλου δέ, εἰ καὶ τῷ μεγέθει τις ἐλαττώσειε τῆς Περαίας
τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, προέλοιτο δ᾽ ἂν τῇ δυνάμει: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐνεργὸς
ὅλη καὶ συνεχής ἐστιν καρποφόρος, ἡ Περαία δὲ πολὺ μὲν μείζων,
ἔρημος δὲ καὶ τραχεῖα τὸ πλέον πρός τε καρπῶν ἡμέρων αὔξησιν
ἀγριωτέρα,
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τό γε μὴν μαλθακὸν αὐτῆς καὶ πάμφορον, καὶ τὰ
πεδία δένδρεσι ποικίλοις κατάφυτα τὸ πλεῖστόν τε ἐλαίαν [τε] καὶ
ἄμπελον καὶ φοινικῶνας ἤσκηται, διαρδομένη χειμάρροις τε τοῖς
ἀπὸ τῶν ὀρῶν καὶ πηγαῖς ἀεννάοις ἅλις, εἴ ποτ᾽ ἐκεῖνοι σειρίῳ
φθίνοιεν.
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μῆκος μὲν [οὖν] αὐτῆς ἀπὸ Μαχαιροῦντος εἰς Πέλλαν,
εὖρος δ᾽ ἀπὸ Φιλαδελφείας μέχρι Ἰορδάνου.
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καὶ Πέλλῃ μέν, ἣν
προειρήκαμεν, τὰ πρὸς ἄρκτον ὁρίζεται, πρὸς ἑσπέραν δὲ Ἰορδάνῃ:
μεσημβρινὸν δ᾽ αὐτῆς πέρας ἡ Μωαβῖτις, καὶ πρὸς ἀνατολὴν
Ἀραβίᾳ τε καὶ Σιλωνίτιδι, πρὸς δὲ Φιλαδελφηνῇ καὶ Γεράσοις
ἀποτέμνεται.
Flavius Josephus. Flavii Iosephi opera. B. Niese. Berlin. Weidmann. 1895.
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