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[11] πολύσιτος δ᾽ ἄγαν ἐστὶν ὥστε ἑκατοντάχουν δι᾽ ὁμαλοῦ καὶ κριθὴν καὶ πυρὸν ἐκτρέφειν, ἔστι δ᾽ ὅτε καὶ διακοσιοντάχουν: διόπερ οὐδὲ πυκνὰς τὰς αὔλακας τέμνουσι: πυκνούμεναι γὰρ κωλύουσιν αἱ ῥίζαι τὴν βλάστην. τὴν δ᾽ ἄμπελον οὐ φυομένην πρότερον Μακεδόνες κατεφύτευσαν κἀκεῖ καὶ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι, οὐ ταφρεύοντες ἀλλὰ παττάλους κατασεσιδηρωμένους ἐξ ἄκρων πήττοντες, εἶτ᾽ ἐξαιροῦντες, ἀντὶ δ᾽ αὐτῶν τὰ κλήματα καθιέντες εὐθέως. ἡ μὲν δὴ μεσόγαια τοιαύτη: ἡ δὲ παραλία τεναγώδης ἐστὶ καὶ ἀλίμενος: διὰ τοῦτο γοῦν καὶ φησὶν ὁ Νέαρχος μηδὲ καθοδηγῶν ἐπιχωρίων τυγχάνειν ἡνίκα τῷ στόλῳ παρέπλει πρὸς τὴν Βαβυλωνίαν ἐκ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς, ὅτι προσόρμους οὐκ εἶχεν, οὐδ᾽ ἀνθρώπων εὐπορεῖν οἷός τ᾽ ἦν τῶν ἡγησομένων κατ᾽ ἐμπειρίαν.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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- LSJ, δια_κοσι-οντάχους
- LSJ, ἑκα^τοντά-χοος
- LSJ, καταφυ^τ-εύω
- LSJ, κατασι^δηρόω
- LSJ, πολύ-σι_τος
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