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[19] τὴν δ᾽ ὁμοιότητα τῆς χώρας ταύτης πρός τε τὴν Αἴγυπτον καὶ τὴν Αἰθιοπίαν καὶ πάλιν τὴν ἐναντιότητα παραθεὶς ὁ Ἀριστόβουλος, διότι τῷ Νείλῳ μὲν ἐκ τῶν νοτίων ὄμβρων ἐστὶν ἡ πλήρωσις τοῖς Ἰνδικοῖς δὲ ποταμοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρκτικῶν, ζητεῖ πῶς οἱ μεταξὺ τόποι οὐ κατομβροῦνται: οὔτε γὰρ ἡ Θηβαῒς μέχρι Συήνης καὶ τῶν ἐγγὺς Μερόης οὔτε τῆς Ἰνδικῆς τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς Παταληνῆς μέχρι τοῦ Ὑδάσπου: τὴν δ᾽ ὑπὲρ ταῦτα τὰ μέρη χώραν ἐν ᾗ καὶ ὄμβροι καὶ νιφετοί, παραπλησίως ἔφη γεωργεῖσθαι τῇ ἄλλῃ τῇ ἔξω τῆς Ἰνδικῆς χώρᾳ: ποτίζεσθαι γὰρ ἐκ τῶν ὄμβρων καὶ χιόνων. εἰκὸς δ᾽ οἷς εἴρηκεν οὗτος καὶ εὔσειστον εἶναι τὴν γῆν, χαυνουμένην ὑπὸ τῆς πολλῆς ὑγρασίας καὶ ἐκρήγματα λαμβάνουσαν ὥστε καὶ ῥεῖθρα ποταμῶν ἀλλάττεσθαι. πεμφθεὶς γοῦν ἐπί τινα χρείαν ἰδεῖν φησιν ἐρημωθεῖσαν χώραν πλειόνων ἢ χιλίων πόλεων σὺν κώμαις, ἐκλιπόντος τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ τὸ οἰκεῖον ῥεῖθρον ἐκτραπομένου δ᾽ εἰς τὸ ἕτερον ἐν ἀριστερᾷ κοιλότερον [p. 966] πολύ, καὶ οἷον καταρράξαντος, ὡς τὴν ἀπολειφθεῖσαν ἐν δεξιᾷ χώραν μηκέτι ποτίζεσθαι ταῖς ὑπερχύσεσι, μετεωροτέραν οὖσαν οὐ τοῦ ῥείθρου τοῦ καινοῦ μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ὑπερχύσεων.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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