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῾η μὲν οὖν πρώτη διέξοδος αὐτῷ τῶν ὑπομνημάτων τοιαύτη. ἐν δὲ τῇ δευτέρᾳ πειρᾶται διόρθωσίν τινα ποιεῖσθαι τῆς γεωγραφίας καὶ τὰς ἑαυτοῦ λέγει ὑπολήψεις, πρὸς ἃς πάλιν εἰ ἔστι τις ἐπανόρθωσις, πειρατέον προσφέρειν. τὸ μὲν οὖν τὰς μαθηματικὰς ὑποθέσεις εἰσάγειν καὶ φυσικὰς εὖ λέγεται, καὶ ὅτι εἰ σφαιροειδὴς [p. 82] ἡ γῆ καθάπερ καὶ ὁ κόσμος, περιοικεῖται, καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ τοιαῦτα. εἰ δὲ τηλικαύτη ἡλίκην αὐτὸς εἴρηκεν, οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσιν οἱ ὕστερον, οὐδ᾽ ἐπαινοῦσι τὴν ἀναμέτρησιν: ὅμως δὲ πρὸς τὴν σημείωσιν τῶν κατὰ τὰς οἰκήσεις ἑκάστας φαινομένων προσχρῆται τοῖς διαστήμασιν ἐκείνοις Ἵππαρχος ἐπὶ τοῦ διὰ Μερόης καὶ Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ Βορυσθένους μεσημβρινοῦ, μικρὸν παραλλάττειν φήσας παρὰ τὴν ἀλήθειαν. καὶ περὶ τοῦ σχήματος δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς διὰ πλειόνων λέγων καὶ δεικνύς, ὅτι σφαιροειδὴς καὶ ἡ γῆ σὺν τῇ ὑγρᾷ φύσει καὶ ὁ οὐρανός, ἀλλοτριολογεῖν ἂν δόξειεν: ἀρκεῖ γὰρ τὸ ἐπὶ μικρόν.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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