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εἶθ᾽ ἡ Πτολεμαΐς ἐστι μεγάλη πόλις ἣν Ἄκην ὠνόμαζον πρότερον, ᾗ ἐχρῶντο ὁρμητηρίῳ πρὸς τὴν Αἴγυπτον οἱ Πέρσαι. μεταξὺ δὲ τῆς Ἄκης καὶ Τύρου θινώδης αἰγιαλός ἐστιν ὁ φέρων τὴν ὑαλῖτιν ἄμμον: ἐνταῦθα μὲν οὖν φασι μὴ χεῖσθαι, κομισθεῖσαν εἰς Σιδῶνα δὲ τὴν χωνείαν δέχεσθαι: τινὲς δὲ καὶ τοῖς Σιδωνίοις εἶναι τὴν ὑαλῖτιν ψάμμον ἐπιτηδείαν εἰς χύσιν, οἱ δὲ πᾶσαν πανταχοῦ χεῖσθαί φασιν. ἤκουσα δ᾽ ἐν τῇ Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ παρὰ τῶν ὑαλουργῶν εἶναί τινα καὶ κατ᾽ Αἴγυπτον ὑαλῖτιν γῆν, ἧς χωρὶς οὐχ οἷόν τε τὰς πολυχρόους καὶ πολυτελεῖς κατασκευὰς ἀποτελεσθῆναι, καθάπερ καὶ ἄλλοις ἄλλων μιγμάτων δεῖν: καὶ ἐν Ῥώμῃ δὲ πολλὰ παρευρίσκεσθαί φασι καὶ πρὸς τὰς χρόας καὶ πρὸς τὴν ῥᾳστώνην τῆς κατασκευῆς, καθάπερ ἐπὶ τῶν κρυσταλλοφανῶν: ὅπου γε καὶ τρύβλιον χαλκοῦ πρίασθαι καὶ ἐκπωμάτιον ἔστιν.

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

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