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[17] ᾿αριστόβουλος δὲ μόνα καὶ ὕεσθαι καὶ νίφεσθαι τὰ ὄρη καὶ τὰς ὑπωρείας φησί, τὰ πεδία δὲ καὶ ὄμβρων ὁμοίως ἀπηλλάχθαι καὶ νιφετῶν, ἐπικλύζεσθαι δὲ μόνον κατὰ τὰς ἀναβάσεις τῶν ποταμῶν: νίφεσθαι μὲν οὖν τὰ ὄρη κατὰ χειμῶνα, τοῦ δὲ ἔαρος ἀρχομένου καὶ τοὺς ὄμβρους ἐνάρχεσθαι καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ μᾶλλον λαμβάνειν ἐπίδοσιν: τοῖς δ᾽ ἐτησίαις καὶ ἀδιαλείπτως νύκτωρ καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἐκχεῖσθαι καὶ λάβρους ἕως ἐπιτολῆς ἀρκτούρου: ἔκ τε δὴ τῶν χιόνων καὶ τῶν ὑετῶν πληρουμένους ποταμοὺς ποτίζειν τὰ πεδία. κατανοηθῆναι δὲ ταῦτα καὶ ὑφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων φησίν, ὡρμηκότων μὲν εἰς τὴν Ἰνδικὴν ἀπὸ Παροπαμισαδῶν, μετὰ δὲ δυσμὰς πληιάδων, καὶ διατριψάντων κατὰ τὴν ὀρεινὴν ἔν τε τῇ Ὑπασίων καὶ τῇ Ἀσσακανοῦ γῇ τὸν χειμῶνα, τοῦ δ᾽ ἔαρος ἀρχομένου καταβεβηκότων εἰς τὰ πεδία καὶ πόλιν Τάξιλα εὐμεγέθη, ἐντεῦθεν δ᾽ ἐπὶ Ὑδάσπην καὶ τὴν Πώρου χώραν: τοῦ μὲν οὖν χειμῶνος ὕδωρ οὐκ ἰδεῖν ἀλλὰ χιόνας μόνον: ἐν δὲ τοῖς Ταξίλοις πρῶτον ὑσθῆναι, καὶ ἐπειδὴ καταβᾶσιν ἐπὶ τὸν Ὑδάσπην καὶ νικήσασι Πῶρον ὁδὸς ἦν [p. 964] ἐπὶ τὸν Ὕπανιν πρὸς ἕω κἀκεῖθεν ἐπὶ τὸν Ὑδάσπην πάλιν, ὕεσθαι συνεχῶς καὶ μάλιστα τοῖς ἐτησίαις, ἐπιτείλαντος δὲ ἀρκτούρου γενέσθαι παῦλαν: διατρίψαντας δὲ περὶ τὴν ναυπηγίαν ἐπὶ τῷ Ὑδάσπῃ καὶ πλεῖν ἀρξαμένους πρὸ δύσεως πληιάδος οὐ πολλαῖς ἡμέραις, καὶ τὸ φθινόπωρον πᾶν καὶ τὸν χειμῶνα καὶ τὸ ἐπιὸν ἔαρ καὶ θέρος ἐν τῷ κατάπλῳ πραγματευθέντας ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὴν Παταληνὴν περὶ κυνὸς ἐπιτολήν: δέκα μὲν δὴ τοῦ κατάπλου γενέσθαι μῆνας, οὐδαμοῦ δ᾽ ὑετῶν αἰσθέσθαι οὐδ᾽ ὅτε ἐπήκμασαν οἱ ἐτησίαι, τῶν δὲ ποταμῶν πληρουμένων τὰ πεδία κλύζεσθαι: τὴν δὲ θάλατταν ἄπλουν εἶναι τῶν ἀνέμων ἀντιπνεόντων, ἀπογαίας δὲ μηδεμιᾶς πνοῆς ἐκδεξαμένης.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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