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[7] οἱ μὲν οὖν ἐν ταῖς νήσοις οὐκ ἔχοντες σπόριμα ῥιζοφαγοῦσι καὶ ἀγρίοις χρῶνται καρποῖς, ἀμπέχονται δὲ τοὺς τῶν δένδρων φλοιούς （οὐδὲ γὰρ βοσκήματα ἔχουσι）, πίνουσι δὲ τὸν ἐκ τῶν δένδρων καρπὸν ἐκθλίβοντες: οἱ δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς ἕλεσιν ἰχθυοφαγοῦσιν, ἀμπέχονται δὲ τὰ τῶν φωκῶν δέρματα τῶν ἐκ θαλάττης [p. 721] ἀνατρεχουσῶν: οἱ δ᾽ ὄρειοι τοῖς ἀγρίοις τρέφονται καὶ αὐτοὶ καρποῖς: ἔχουσι δὲ καὶ πρόβατα ὀλίγα ὥστ᾽ οὐδὲ κατακόπτουσι φειδόμενοι τῶν ἐρίων χάριν καὶ τοῦ γάλακτος: τὴν δ᾽ ἐσθῆτα ποικίλλουσιν ἐπιχρίστοις φαρμάκοις δυσεξίτηλον ἔχουσι τὸ ἄνθος. οἱ δὲ πεδινοὶ καίπερ ἔχοντες χώραν οὐ γεωργοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ προβάτων καὶ ἰχθύων ζῶσι νομαδικῶς καὶ Σκυθικῶς. ἔστι γάρ τις καὶ κοινὴ δίαιτα πάντων τῶν τοιούτων ἣν πολλάκις λέγω, καὶ ταφαὶ δ᾽ εἰσὶ παραπλήσιαι καὶ ἤθη καὶ ὁ σύμπας βίος, αὐθέκαστος μὲν σκαιός τε καὶ ἄγριος καὶ πολεμικός, πρὸς δὲ τὰ συμβόλαια ἁπλοῦς καὶ ἀκάπηλος.

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

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