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[2] ῾αλιτενὴς δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἡ τῶν Ἰχθυοφάγων καὶ ἄδενδρος ἡ πλείστη πλὴν φοινίκων καὶ ἀκάνθης τινὸς καὶ μυρίκης: καὶ ὑδάτων δὲ καὶ τροφῆς ἡμέρου σπάνις: τοῖς δ᾽ ἰχθύσι χρῶνται καὶ αὐτοὶ καὶ θρέμματα καὶ τοῖς ὀμβρίοις ὕδασι καὶ ὀρυκτοῖς: καὶ τὰ κρέα δὲ τῶν θρεμμάτων ἰχθύων προσβάλλει: οἰκήσεις δὲ ποιοῦνται τοῖς ὀστέοις τῶν κητῶν χρώμενοι καὶ κόγχοις ὀστρέων τὸ πλέον, δοκοῖς μὲν ταῖς πλευραῖς καὶ ὑπερείσμασι, θυρώμασι δὲ ταῖς σιαγόσιν: οἱ σπόνδυλοι δ᾽ αὐτοῖς εἰσιν ὅλμοι, ἐν οἷς πτίττουσι τοὺς ἰχθύας ἐν ἡλίῳ κατοπτήσαντες, εἶτ᾽ ἀρτοποιοῦνται σίτου μικρὰ καταμίξαντες: καὶ γὰρ μύλοι αὐτοῖς εἰσι, σιδήρου μὴ ὄντος. καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ἧττον θαυμαστόν: καὶ γὰρ ἄλλοθεν ἐνέγκασθαι δυνατόν: ἀλλὰ πῶς ἐπικόπτουσιν ἀποτριβέντα; λίθοις μέντοι φασίν, οἷς καὶ τὰ βέλη καὶ τὰ ἀκοντίσματα πεπυρακτωμένα ἀποξύνουσι. τοὺς δ᾽ ἰχθύας τοὺς μὲν ἐν κλιβάνοις κατοπτῶσι, τοὺς δὲ πλείστους ὠμοφαγοῦσι: περιβάλλονται δὲ1 δικτύοις φλοιοῦ φοινικίνου.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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- Diodorus Siculus, Library, Diod. 17.105
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- LSJ, ἐπικόπτ-ω
- LSJ, κατοπτάω
- LSJ, προσβάλλω
- LSJ, ὠμοφα^γ-έω
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