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[7] ῞η τε τοῦ μήκους τῆς οἰκουμένης μέτρησις κατὰ παραλλήλου τῷ ἰσημερινῷ ἐστιν, ἐπειδὴ καὶ αὐτὴ ἐπὶ μῆκος οὕτως ἐκτέταται ὥστε καὶ τῶν ἠπείρων ἑκάστης οὕτω δεῖ λαμβάνειν τὸ μῆκος μεταξὺ μεσημβρινῶν δυεῖν κείμενον. τά τε μέτρα τῶν μηκῶν σταδιασμοί εἰσιν, οὓς θηρεύομεν, ἢ δι᾽ αὐτῶν ἐκείνων ἰόντες ἢ τῶν παραλλήλων ὁδῶν ἢ πόρων. ὁ δὲ τοῦτον ἀφεὶς τὸν τρόπον καινὸν εἰσάγει τὸ μεταξὺ τῆς τε θερινῆς ἀνατολῆς καὶ τῆς ἰσημερινῆς τμῆμά τι τοῦ ἀρκτικοῦ ἡμικυκλίου. πρὸς δὲ τὰ ἀμετάπτωτα οὐδεὶς κανόσι καὶ μέτροις χρῆται τοῖς μεταπτώτοις οὐδὲ τοῖς κατ᾽ ἄλλην καὶ ἄλλην σχέσιν λεγομένοις πρὸς τὰ καθ᾽ αὑτὰ καὶ * διαφοράν. τὸ μὲν οὖν μῆκος ἀμετάπτωτον καὶ καθ᾽ αὑτὸ λέγεται, ἀνατολὴ δ᾽ ἰσημερινὴ καὶ δύσις, ὡς δ᾽ [p. 144] αὕτως θερινή τε καὶ χειμερινή, οὐ καθ᾽ αὑτὴν ἀλλὰ πρὸς ἡμᾶς: ἡμῶν δ᾽ ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλῃ μεταχωρούντων, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλοι τόποι καὶ δύσεών εἰσι καὶ ἀνατολῶν ἰσημερινῶν τε καὶ τροπικῶν, τὸ δὲ μῆκος μένει ταὐτὸν τῆς ἠπείρου. Τάναϊν μὲν οὖν καὶ Νεῖλον οὐκ ἄτοπον πέρας ποιεῖσθαι, θερινὴν δ᾽ ἀνατολὴν ἢ ἰσημερινὴν καινόν.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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