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[21] τῷ δὲ Σικελικῷ συνάπτει τὸ Κρητικὸν πέλαγος καὶ τὸ Σαρωνικὸν καὶ τὸ Μυρτῷον, ὃ μεταξὺ τῆς Κρήτης ἐστὶ καὶ τῆς Ἀργείας καὶ τῆς Ἀττικῆς, πλάτος ἔχον τὸ μέγιστον τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀττικῆς ὅσον χιλίων καὶ διακοσίων σταδίων, μῆκος δ᾽ ἔλαττον ἢ διπλάσιον. ἐν τούτῳ δὲ νῆσοι Κύθηρά τε καὶ Καλαυρία καὶ αἱ περὶ Αἴγιναν καὶ Σαλαμῖνα καὶ τῶν Κυκλάδων τινές. τὸ δὲ συνεχὲς τὸ Αἰγαῖόν ἐστιν ἤδη σὺν τῷ Μέλανι κόλπῳ καὶ τῷ Ἑλλησπόντῳ, καὶ τὸ Ἰκάριον καὶ Καρπάθιον μέχρι τῆς Ῥόδου καὶ Κρήτης1 καὶ τῶν πρώτων μερῶν τῆς Ἀσίας ... αἵ τε Κυκλάδες νῆσοι εἰσὶ καὶ αἱ Σποράδες καὶ αἱ προκείμεναι τῆς Καρίας καὶ Ἰωνίας καὶ Αἰολίδος μέχρι τῆς Τρῳάδος, λέγω δὲ Κῶ καὶ Σάμον καὶ Χίον [p. 167] καὶ Λέσβον καὶ Τένεδον: ὡς δ᾽ αὕτως αἱ προκείμεναι τῆς Ἑλλάδος μέχρι τῆς Μακεδονίας καὶ τῆς ὁμόρου Θρᾴκης Εὔβοιά τε καὶ Σκῦρος καὶ Πεπάρηθος καὶ Λῆμνος καὶ Θάσος καὶ Ἴμβρος καὶ Σαμοθρᾴκη καὶ ἄλλαι πλείους, περὶ ὧν ἐν τοῖς καθ᾽ ἕκαστα δηλώσομεν. ἔστι δὲ τὸ μῆκος τῆς θαλάττης ταύτης περὶ τετρακισχιλίους ἢ μικρῷ πλείους, τὸ δὲ πλάτος περὶ δισχιλίους. περιέχεται δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν λεχθέντων μερῶν τῆς Ἀσίας καὶ τῆς ἀπὸ Σουνίου μέχρι Θερμαίου κόλπου πρὸς ἄρκτον ἐχούσης τὸν πλοῦν παραλίας καὶ τῶν Μακεδονικῶν κόλπων μέχρι τῆς Θρᾳκίας χερρονήσου.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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