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[14] ᾿αλλ᾽ οὔτ᾽ εἰρηκέναι τοῦτό φησιν Ἐρατοσθένης, τὸ σύρρουν γεγονέναι κατὰ τὴν πλήρωσιν τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ, ἀλλὰ συνεγγίσαι μόνον, οὔτ᾽ ἀκολουθεῖν τῇ μιᾷ καὶ συνεχεῖ θαλάττῃ τὸ αὐτὸ ὕψος ἔχειν καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἐπιφάνειαν, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ τὴν καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς, καὶ νὴ Δία τὴν κατὰ τὸ Λέχαιον καὶ τὴν περὶ Κεγχρεάς. ὅπερ καὶ [p. 74] αὐτὸς ὁ Ἵππαρχος ἐπισημαίνεται ἐν τῷ πρὸς αὐτὸν λόγῳ: εἰδὼς οὖν τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ τοιαύτην ἰδίᾳ τι πρὸς αὐτὸν λεγέτω, καὶ μὴ ἐξ ἑτοίμου λαμβανέτω, ὡς ἄρα ὁ φήσας μίαν εἶναι τὴν ἔξω θάλατταν σύμφησι καὶ ὅτι μία ἐστὶν αὐτῆς ἡ ἐπιφάνεια.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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