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[4] λαβὼν οὖν ταῦθ᾽ ὁ γεωμέτρης, προσχρησάμενος τοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀστρονομικοῦ δεικνυμένοις, ἐν οἷς οἵ τε παράλληλοι τῷ ἰσημερινῷ εὑρίσκονται οἱ καθ᾽ ἑκάστην τὴν οἴκησιν καὶ οἱ πρὸς ὀρθὰς τέμνοντες τούτους, γραφόμενοι δὲ διὰ τῶν πόλων, καταμετρεῖ τὴν μὲν οἰκήσιμον ἐμβατεύων, τὴν δ᾽ ἄλλην ἐκ τοῦ λόγου τῶν ἀποστάσεων. οὕτω δ᾽ ἂν εὑρίσκοι πόσον ἂν εἴη τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἰσημερινοῦ μέχρι πόλου, ὅπερ ἐστὶ τεταρτημόριον τοῦ μεγίστου κύκλου τῆς γῆς: ἔχων δὲ τοῦτο ἔχει καὶ τὸ τετραπλάσιον αὐτοῦ, τοῦτο δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἡ περίμετρος τῆς γῆς. ὥσπερ οὖν ὁ μὲν τὴν γῆν ἀναμετρῶν παρὰ τοῦ ἀστρονομοῦντος ἔλαβε τὰς ἀρχάς, ὁ δὲ ἀστρονόμος παρὰ τοῦ φυσικοῦ, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον χρὴ [p. 149] καὶ τὸν γεωγράφον παρὰ τοῦ ἀναμεμετρηκότος ὅλην τὴν γῆν ὁρμηθέντα, πιστεύσαντα τούτῳ καὶ οἷς ἐπίστευσεν οὗτος, πρῶτον μὲν ἐκθέσθαι τὴν οἰκουμένην καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς πόση τις καὶ ποία τὸ σχῆμα καὶ τὴν φύσιν οἵα ἐστὶ καὶ πῶς ἔχουσα πρὸς τὴν ὅλην γῆν (ἴδιον γὰρ τοῦ γεωγράφου τοῦτο), ἔπειτα περὶ τῶν καθ᾽ ἕκαστα τῶν τε κατὰ γῆν καὶ τῶν κατὰ θάλατταν ποιήσασθαι τὸν προσήκοντα λόγον, παρασημαινόμενον ὅσα μὴ ἱκανῶς εἴρηται τοῖς πρὸ ἡμῶν τοῖς μάλιστα πεπιστευμένοις ἀρίστοις γεγονέναι περὶ ταῦτα.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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