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[42] ῾η δὲ Σιρβωνὶς λίμνη πολλὴ μέν ἐστι: καὶ γὰρ χιλίων σταδίων εἰρήκασί τινες τὸν κύκλον: τῇ μέντοι παραλίᾳ παρεκτέταται μικρῷ τι πλέον τῶν διακοσίων σταδίων μῆκος ἐπιλαμβάνουσα, ἀγχιβαθής, βαρύτατον ἔχουσα ὕδωρ, ὥστε μὴ δεῖν κολύμβου, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἐμβάντα καὶ μέχρι ὀμφαλοῦ1 εὐθὺς ἐξαίρεσθαι: μεστὴ δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἀσφάλτου: αὕτη2 δὲ ἀναφυσᾶται κατὰ καιροὺς ἀτάκτους ἐκ μέσου τοῦ βάθους μετὰ πομφολύγων ὡς ἂν ζέοντος ὕδατος: κυρτουμένη δ᾽ ἡ ἐπιφάνεια λόφου φαντασίαν παρέχει: συναναφέρεται δὲ καὶ ἄσβολος πολλή, καπνώδης μὲν πρὸς δὲ τὴν ὄψιν ἄδηλος, ὑφ᾽ ἧς κατιοῦται καὶ χαλκὸς καὶ ἄργυρος καὶ πᾶν τὸ στιλπνὸν μέχρι καὶ χρυσοῦ: ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ κατιοῦσθαι τὰ σκεύη γνωρίζουσιν οἱ περιοικοῦντες ἀρχομένην τὴν ἀναβολὴν τοῦ ἀσφάλτου, καὶ παρασκευάζονται πρὸς τὴν μεταλλείαν αὐτοῦ, ποιησάμενοι σχεδίας καλαμίνας. ἔστι δ᾽ ἡ ἄσφαλτος γῆς βῶλος, ὑγραινομένη μὲν ὑπὸ θερμοῦ καὶ ἀναφυσωμένη καὶ διαχεομένη, πάλιν δὲ μεταβάλλουσα εἰς πάγον ἰσχυρὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ ψυχροῦ ὕδατος, οἷόν ἐστι τὸ τῆς λίμνης ὕδωρ, ὥστε τομῆς καὶ κοπῆς δεῖσθαι: εἶτ᾽ ἐπιπολάζουσα διὰ τὴν φύσιν τοῦ ὕδατος, καθ᾽ ἣν ἔφαμεν μηδὲ κολύμβου δεῖσθαι, μηδὲ [p. 1066] βαπτίζεσθαι τὸν ἐμβάντα ἀλλ᾽ ἐξαίρεσθαι: προσπλεύσαντες δὲ ταῖς σχεδίαις κόπτουσι καὶ φέρονται τῆς ἀσφάλτου ὅσον ἕκαστος δύναται.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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