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τὸ δὲ ἐξαίρεσθαι τὴν γῆν ποτε καὶ ἱζήματα λαμβάνειν καὶ μεταβολὰς τὰς ἐκ τῶν σεισμῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν παραπλησίων, ὅσα διηριθμησάμεθα καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὀρθῶς κεῖται παρ᾽ αὐτῷ: πρὸς ὃ καὶ τὸ τοῦ Πλάτωνος εὖ παρατίθησιν, ὅτι ἐνδέχεται καὶ μὴ πλάσμα εἶναι τὸ περὶ τῆς νήσου τῆς Ἀτλαντίδος, περὶ ἧς ἐκεῖνος ἱστορῆσαι Σόλωνά φησι πεπυσμένον παρὰ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἱερέων, ὡς ὑπάρχουσά ποτε ἀφανισθείη, τὸ μέγεθος οὐκ ἐλάττων ἠπείρου: καὶ τοῦτο οἴεται βέλτιον εἶναι λέγειν ἢ διότι ὁ πλάσας αὐτὴν ἠφάνισεν, ὡς ὁ ποιητὴς τὸ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν τεῖχος. εἰκάζει δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν Κίμβρων καὶ τῶν συγγενῶν ἐξανάστασιν ἐκ τῆς οἰκείας κατὰ λῃστείαν γενέσθαι, οὐ κατὰ θαλάττης ἔφοδον ἀθρόαν συμβᾶσαν. ὑπονοεῖ δὲ [p. 136] τὸ τῆς οἰκουμένης μῆκος ἑπτά που μυριάδων σταδίων ὑπάρχον ἥμισυ εἶναι τοῦ ὅλον κύκλου καθ᾽ ὃν εἴληπται, ὥστε （φησίν） ἀπὸ τῆς δύσεως εὔρῳ πλέων ἐν τοσαύταις μυριάσιν ἔλθοι ἂν εἰς Ἰνδούς.

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

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