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καὶ τοῦτο δ᾽ ἐκ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ὑρκανίαν ἱστορουμένων παραδόξων ἐστὶν ὑπὸ Εὐδόξου καὶ ἄλλων, ὅτι πρόκεινταί τινες ἀκταὶ τῆς θαλάττης ὕπαντροι, τούτων δὲ μεταξὺ καὶ τῆς θαλάττης ὑπόκειται ταπεινὸς αἰγιαλός, ἐκ δὲ τῶν ὕπερθεν κρημνῶν ποταμοὶ ῥέοντες τοσαύτῃ προφέρονται βίᾳ ὥστε ταῖς ἀκταῖς [p. 717] συνάψαντες ἐξακοντίζουσι τὸ ὕδωρ εἰς τὴν θάλατταν, ἄρραντον φυλάττοντες τὸν αἰγιαλὸν ὥστε καὶ στρατοπέδοις ὁδεύσιμον εἶναι σκεπαζομένοις τῷ ῥεύματι, οἱ δ᾽ ἐπιχώριοι κατάγονται πολλάκις εὐωχίας καὶ θυσίας χάριν εἰς τὸν τόπον, καὶ ποτὲ μὲν ὑπὸ τοῖς ἄντροις κατακλίνονται, ποτὲ δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ αὐτῷ τῷ ῥεύματι ἡλιαζόμενοι ἄλλως ἄλλοι τέρπονται, παραφαινομένης ἅμα καὶ τῆς θαλάττης ἑκατέρωθεν καὶ τῆς ᾐόνος ποώδους καὶ ἀνθηρᾶς οὔσης διὰ τὴν ἰκμάδα.

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

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