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[19] ᾿εν δὲ τῇ μεσογείῳ τῇ ὑπὲρ τοῦ Σεβεννυτικοῦ καὶ Φατνιτικοῦ στόματος Ξόις ἐστὶ καὶ νῆσος καὶ πόλις ἐν τῷ Σεβεννυτικῷ νομῷ. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἑρμοῦ πόλις καὶ Λύκου πόλις καὶ Μένδης, ὅπου τὸν Πᾶνα τιμῶσι καὶ τῶν ζῴων τράγον: ὡς δὲ Πίνδαρός φησιν, οἱ τράγοι ἐνταῦθα γυναιξὶ μίγνυνται1. πλησίον δὲ Μένδητος καὶ Διὸς πόλις καὶ αἱ περὶ αὐτὴν λίμναι καὶ Λεοντόπολις: εἶτ᾽ ἀπωτέρω ἡ Βούσιρις πόλις ἐν τῷ Βουσιρίτῃ νομῷ καὶ Κυνὸς πόλις. φησὶ δ᾽ Ἐρατοσθένης κοινὸν μὲν εἶναι τοῖς βαρβάροις πᾶσιν ἔθος τὴν ξενηλασίαν, τοὺς δ᾽ Αἰγυπτίους ἐλέγχεσθαι διὰ τῶν περὶ τὸν Βούσιριν μεμυθευμένων ἐν τῷ Βουσιρίτῃ νομῷ, διαβάλλειν τὴν [p. 1119] ἀξενίαν βουλομένων τοῦ τόπου τούτου τῶν ὕστερον, οὐ βασιλέως μὰ Δία οὐδὲ τυράννου γενομένου τινὸς Βουσίριδος: προσεπιφημισθῆναι δὲ καὶ τὸ ‘Αἴγυπτόνδ᾽ ἰέναι δολιχὴν ὁδὸν ἀργαλέην τε,’ προσλαμβάνοντος πρὸς τοῦτο πάμπολυ καὶ τοῦ ἀλιμένου καὶ τοῦ μηδὲ τὸν ὄντα λιμένα ἀνεῖσθαι τὸν πρὸς τῇ Φάρῳ, φρουρεῖσθαι δ᾽ ὑπὸ βουκόλων λῃστῶν ἐπιτιθεμένων τοῖς προσορμιζομένοις, Καρχηδονίους δὲ καταποντοῦν εἴ τις τῶν ξένων εἰς Σαρδὼ παραπλεύσειεν ἢ ἐπὶ στήλας: διὰ δὲ ταῦτ᾽ ἀπιστεῖσθαι τὰ πολλὰ τῶν ἑσπερίων: καὶ τοὺς Πέρσας δὲ κακῶς ἡγεῖσθαι τοῖς πρέσβεσι τὰς ὁ δοὺς κύκλῳ καὶ διὰ δυσκόλων.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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