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[15] κεῖται δ᾽ ἡ Κεφαλληνία κατὰ Ἀκαρνανίαν, διέχουσα τοῦ Λευκάτα περὶ πεντήκοντα (οἱ δὲ τετταράκοντά φασι) σταδίους, τοῦ δὲ Χελωνάτα περὶ ὀγδοήκοντα. αὐτὴ δ᾽ ἐστὶν ὡς τριακοσίων τὴν περίμετρον, μακρὰ δ᾽ ἀνήκουσα πρὸς εὖρον, ὀρεινή: μέγιστον δ᾽ ὄρος ἐν αὐτῇ ἐν ᾧ τὸ Διὸς Αἰνησίου ἱερόν: καθ᾽ ὃ δὲ στενωτάτη ἐστὶν ἡ νῆσος, ταπεινὸν ἰσθμὸν ποιεῖ ὥσθ᾽ ὑπερκλύζεσθαι πολλάκις ἐκ θαλάττης εἰς θάλατταν: πλησίον δ᾽ εἰσὶ τῶν στενῶν ἐν κόλπῳ Κράνιοί τε καὶ Παλεῖς. [p. 643]
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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