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[5] τὸ παλαιὸν μὲν οὖν Ἴωνες εἶχον τὴν χώραν ταύτην οἵπερ καὶ τὴν Ἀττικήν, οὔπω τῶν Μεγάρων ἐκτισμένων: διόπερ οὐδ᾽ ὁ ποιητὴς μέμνηται τῶν τόπων τούτων ἰδίως, ἀλλ᾽ Ἀθηναίους καλῶν τοὺς ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ πάντας συμπεριείληφε καὶ τούτους τῷ κοινῷ ὀνόματι Ἀθηναίους νομίζων, ὡς ὅταν φῇ ἐν τῷ καταλόγῳ “ οἳ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ Ἀθήνας εἶχον, ἐυκτίμενον πτολίεθρον
”1 δέχεσθαι δεῖ καὶ τοὺς νῦν Μεγαρέας, ὡς καὶ τούτους μετασχόντας τῆς στρατείας. σημεῖον δέ: ἡ γὰρ Ἀττικὴ τὸ παλαιὸν Ἰωνία καὶ Ἰὰς ἐκαλεῖτο, καὶ ὁ ποιητὴς ὅταν φῇ “ ἔνθα δὲ Βοιωτοὶ καὶ Ἰάονες
”2τοὺς Ἀθηναίους λέγει: ταύτης δ᾽ ἦν μερὶς καὶ ἡ Μεγαρίς.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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