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[6] οὐκ οἶδα δὲ πῶς ἄν τις περὶ τῶν ἀδήλων αὐτῷ πιστεύσειε μηδὲν εἰκὸς ἔχοντι εἰπεῖν περὶ αὐτῶν, ὅταν περὶ τῶν φανερῶν οὕτω παραλόγως λέγῃ, καὶ ταῦτα φίλος Πομπηίῳ γεγονὼς τῷ στρατεύσαντι ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἴβηρας καὶ τοὺς Ἀλβανοὺς μέχρι τῆς ἐφ᾽ ἑκάτερα θαλάττης τῆς τε Κασπίας καὶ τῆς Κολχικῆς. φασὶ γοῦν ἐν Ῥόδῳ γενόμενον τὸν Πομπήιον, ἡνίκα ἐπὶ τὸν λῃστρικὸν πόλεμον ἐξῆλθεν （εὐθὺς δ᾽ ἔμελλε καὶ ἐπὶ Μιθριδάτην ὁρμήσειν καὶ τὰ μέχρι τῆς Κασπίας ἔθνη）, παρατυχεῖν διαλεγομένῳ τῷ Ποσειδωνίῳ, ἀπιόντα δ᾽ ἐρέσθαι εἴ τι προστάττει, τὸν δ᾽ εἰπεῖν“ αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων.
”1προστίθει δὲ τούτοις ὅτι καὶ τὴν ἱστορίαν συνέγραψε τὴν περὶ αὐτόν. διὰ δὴ ταῦτα ἐχρῆν φροντίσαι τἀληθοῦς πλέον τι. [p. 691]
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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