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[16] τοιούτου δὲ ὄντος τοῦ καθόλου σχήματος, χρήσιμον φαίνεται δύο λαβεῖν εὐθείας, αἳ τέμνουσαι πρὸς [p. 161] ὀρθὰς ἀλλήλας, ἡ μὲν διὰ τοῦ μήκους ἥξει τοῦ μεγίστου παντὸς ἡ δὲ διὰ τοῦ πλάτους, καὶ ἡ μὲν τῶν παραλλήλων ἔσται μία ἡ δὲ τῶν μεσημβρινῶν: ἔπειτα ταύταις παραλλήλους ἐπινοοῦντας ἐφ᾽ ἑκάτερα διαιρεῖν κατὰ ταύτας τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλατταν, ᾗ χρώμενοι τυγχάνομεν. καὶ γὰρ τὸ σχῆμα μᾶλλον ἂν καταφανὲς γένοιτο ὁποῖον εἰρήκαμεν, κατὰ τὸ μέγεθος τῶν γραμμῶν ἄλλα καὶ ἄλλα μέτρα ἐχουσῶν τῶν τε τοῦ μήκους καὶ τοῦ πλάτους, καὶ τὰ κλίματα ἀποδηλωθήσεται βέλτιον τά τε ἑωθινὰ1 καὶ τὰ ἑσπέρια, ὡς δ᾽ αὕτως τὰ νότια καὶ τὰ βόρεια. ἐπεὶ δὲ διὰ γνωρίμων τόπων λαμβάνεσθαι δεῖ τὰς εὐθείας ταύτας, αἱ μὲν ἐλήφθησαν ἤδη, λέγω δὲ τὰς μέσας δύο τήν τε τοῦ μήκους καὶ τοῦ πλάτους, τὰς λεχθείσας πρότερον, αἱ δ᾽ ἄλλαι ῥᾳδίως γνωρίζοιντ᾽ ἂν διὰ τούτων: τρόπον γάρ τινα στοιχείοις χρώμενοι τούτοις τὰ παράλληλα μέρη στοχαζόμεθα καὶ τὰς ἄλλας σχέσεις τῶν οἰκήσεων τάς τ᾽ ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ πρὸς τὰ οὐράνια.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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