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[11] μέγεθος δὲ τῆς χώρας Θεοφάνης ἀποδίδωσιν εὖρος μὲν σχοίνων ἑκατὸν μῆκος δὲ διπλάσιον, τιθεὶς τὴν σχοῖνον τετταράκοντα σταδίων: πρὸς ὑπερβολὴν δ᾽ εἴρηκεν: ἐγγυτέρω δ᾽ ἐστὶ τῆς ἀληθείας μῆκος μὲν θέσθαι τὸ ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνου λεχθὲν εὖρος, εὖρος δὲ τὸ ἥμισυ ἢ μικρῷ πλεῖον. ἡ μὲν δὴ φύσις τῆς Ἀρμενίας καὶ δύναμις τοιαύτη.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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