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[35] φησὶ δὴ τοῖς οἰκοῦσιν ἐπὶ τῷ διὰ τῆς Κινναμωμοφόρου παραλλήλῳ, ὃς ἀπέχει τῆς Μερόης τρισχιλίους σταδίους πρὸς νότον, τούτου δ᾽ ὁ ἰσημερινὸς ὀκτακισχιλίους καὶ ὀκτακοσίους, εἶναι τὴν οἴκησιν ἐγγυτάτω μέσην τοῦ τε ἰσημερινοῦ καὶ τοῦ θερινοῦ τροπικοῦ τοῦ κατὰ Συήνην: ἀπέχειν γὰρ τὴν Συήνην πεντακισχιλίους τῆς Μερόης: παρὰ δὲ τούτοις πρώτοις τὴν μικρὰν ἄρκτον ὅλην ἐν τῷ ἀρκτικῷ περιέχεσθαι καὶ ἀεὶ φαίνεσθαι: τὸν γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἄκρας τῆς οὐρᾶς λαμπρὸν ἀστέρα, νοτιώτατον ὄντα, ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἱδρῦσθαι τοῦ ἀρκτικοῦ κύκλου ὥστ᾽ ἐφάπτεσθαι τοῦ ὁρίζοντος. τῷ δὲ λεχθέντι μεσημβρινῷ παράλληλός πως παράκειται ἕωθεν ὁ Ἀράβιος κόλπος: τούτου δ᾽ ἔκβασις εἰς τὸ ἔξω πέλαγος ἡ Κινναμωμοφόρος ἐστίν, ἐφ᾽ ἧς ἡ τῶν ἐλεφάντων γέγονε θήρα τὸ παλαιόν. ἐκπίπτει δ᾽ ὁ παράλληλος οὗτος τῇ μὲν ἐπὶ [p. 179] τοὺς νοτιωτέρους μικρὸν τῆς Ταπροβάνης ἢ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐσχάτους οἰκοῦντας, τῇ δ᾽ ἐπὶ τὰ νοτιώτατα τῆς Λιβύης.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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