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ἐπεὶ δὲ τὰ βόρεια μέρη τῆς Ἀσίας ποιεῖ ὁ Ταῦρος, ἃ δὴ καὶ ἐντὸς τοῦ Ταύρου καλοῦσιν, εἰπεῖν προειλόμεθα πρῶτον περὶ τούτων: τούτων δ᾽ ἐστὶ καὶ τὰ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν αὐτοῖς ἢ ὅλα ἢ τὰ πλεῖστα. ὅσα μὲν οὖν τῶν Κασπίων πυλῶν ἑωθινώτερά ἐστιν, ἁπλουστέραν ἔχει τὴν περιήγησιν διὰ τὴν ἀγριότητα, οὐ πολύ τε ἂν διαφέροι τοῦδε ἢ τοῦδε τοῦ κλίματος συγκαταλεχθέντα: τὰ δ᾽ ἑσπέρια πάντα δίδωσιν εὐπορίαν τοῦ λέγειν περὶ αὐτῶν, ὥστε δεῖ προάγειν ἐπὶ τὰ παρακείμενα ταῖς Κασπίαις πύλαις. παράκειται δὲ ἡ Μηδία πρὸς δύσιν, χώρα καὶ πολλὴ καὶ δυναστεύσασά ποτε καὶ ἐν μέσῳ τῷ Ταύρῳ κειμένη, πολυσχιδεῖ κατὰ ταῦτα ὑπάρχοντι τὰ μέρη καὶ αὐλῶνας ἐμπεριλαμβάνοντι μεγάλους, καθάπερ καὶ τῇ Ἀρμενίᾳ τοῦτο συμβέβηκε.

Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.

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