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[26] χωρὶς δὲ τούτων ἐστὶ καὶ ἄλλως διαιρεῖν τὴν Αἰθιοπίαν. πάντες γὰρ οἱ παραπλεύσαντες τῷ ὠκεανῷ τὴν Λιβύην, οἵ τε ἀπὸ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν στηλῶν, μέχρι ποσοῦ προελθόντες εἶτα ἀνέστρεψαν ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἀποριῶν κωλυόμενοι, ὥστε καὶ πίστιν κατέλιπον τοῖς πολλοῖς, ὡς τὸ μεταξὺ διείργοιτο ἰσθμῷ: καὶ μὴν σύρρους ἡ πᾶσα Ἀτλαντικὴ θάλαττα, καὶ μάλιστα ἡ κατὰ μεσημβρίαν. ἅπαντες δὲ οὗτοι τὰ τελευταῖα χωρία, ἐφ᾽ ἃ πλέοντες ἦλθον, Αἰθιοπικὰ προσηγόρευσαν καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν οὕτως. τί οὖν ἄλογον, εἰ καὶ Ὅμηρος ὑπὸ τοιαύτης ἀκοῆς ἀχθεὶς δίχα διῄρει, τοὺς μὲν πρὸς ἀνατολὴν λέγων, τοὺς δὲ πρὸς δύσιν, τῶν μεταξὺ οὐ γινωσκομένων εἴτε εἰσὶν εἴτε μὴ εἰσίν; ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ ἄλλην τινὰ ἱστορίαν εἴρηκεν παλαιὰν Ἔφορος, ᾗ οὐκ ἄλογον ἐντυχεῖν καὶ Ὅμηρον. λέγεσθαι γάρ φησιν ὑπὸ τῶν Ταρτησσίων Αἰθίοπας τὴν Λιβύην ἐπελθόντας μέχρι αὐάσεως τοὺς μὲν αὐτοῦ μεῖναι, τοὺς δὲ καὶ τῆς παραλίας κατασχεῖν πολλήν: τεκμαίρεται δ᾽ ἐκ τούτου καὶ Ὅμηρον εἰπεῖν οὕτως ‘Αἰθίοπες, τοὶ διχθὰ δεδαίαται, ἔσχατοι ἀνδρῶν.’
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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