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᾿επεὶ οὖν τὴν ἰδίως λεγομένην κοίλην Συρίαν ἐπεληλύθαμεν, ἐπὶ τὴν Φοινίκην μέτιμεν. ταύτης δὲ τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ Ὀρθωσίας μέχρι Βηρυτοῦ λόγου τετύχηκε. μετὰ δὲ Βηρυτὸν ἔστι Σιδὼν ὅσον ἐν τετρακοσίοις σταδίοις: μεταξὺ δὲ ὁ Ταμύρας ποταμὸς καὶ τὸ τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ ἄλσος καὶ Λεόντων πόλις. μετὰ δὲ Σιδῶνα μεγίστη τῶν Φοινίκων καὶ ἀρχαιοτάτη πόλις Τύρος ἐστίν, ἐνάμιλλος αὐτῇ κατά τε μέγεθος καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν καὶ τὴν ἀρχαιότητα ἐκ πολλῶν μύθων παραδεδομένην. οἱ μὲν οὖν ποιηταὶ τὴν Σιδῶνα τεθρυλήκασι μᾶλλον （Ὅμηρος δὲ οὐδὲ μέμνηται τῆς Τύρου）, αἱ δ᾽ εἰς τὴν Λιβύην καὶ τὴν Ἰβηρίαν ἀποικίαι μέχρι καὶ ἔξω στηλῶν τὴν Τύρον πλέον ἐξυμνοῦσιν1. ἀμφότεραι δ᾽ οὖν ἔνδοξοι καὶ λαμπραὶ καὶ πάλαι καὶ νῦν: ὁποτέραν δ᾽ ἄν τις εἴποι μητρόπολιν Φοινίκων ἔρις ἐν ἀμφοτέραις ἐστίν. ἡ μὲν οὖν Σιδὼν ἐπὶ εὐφυεῖ λιμένι τῆς ἠπείρου τὴν ἵδρυσιν ἔχει.

1 μᾶλλον post ἐξυμνοῦσιν

Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.

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