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αἴτιον δὲ τοῦ μὴ φθάνειν τὴν χοῦν εἰς τὸ πέλαγος προϊοῦσαν τὴν ὑπὸ τῶν ποταμῶν καταφερομένην τὸ τὴν θάλατταν ἀνακόπτειν αὐτὴν εἰς τοὐπίσω, παλιρροοῦσαν φύσει: ἔοικε γὰρ τοῖς ζῴοις, καὶ καθάπερ ἐκεῖνα συνεχῶς ἀναπνεῖ τε καὶ ἐκπνεῖ, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ αὐτὴ ἐξ αὑτῆς τε καὶ εἰς ἑαυτὴν συνεχῶς παλινδρομικήν τινα κινουμένη κίνησιν. δῆλον δὲ τῷ ἐπὶ τοῦ αἰγιαλοῦ ἑστῶτι κατὰ τὴν κυμάτωσιν: ἅμα γὰρ κλύζονται οἱ πόδες καὶ γυμνοῦνται καὶ πάλιν κλύζονται, καὶ τοῦτο συνεχῶς: τῷ δὲ κλύδωνι καὶ κῦμα ἐπιτρέχει, ὃ κἂν γαληνότατον ᾖ ἐπιφερόμενον ἔχει τινὰ βίαν πλείω καὶ ἀπορρίπτει πᾶν τὸ ἀλλότριον εἰς τὴν γῆν ‘πολλὸν δὲ παρὲξ ἅλα φῦκος ἔχευε.’ μᾶλλον μὲν οὖν ἐν ἀνέμῳ συμβαίνει τοῦτο, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν νηνεμίᾳ καὶ ἐν ἀπογαίοις πνεύμασιν: οὐδὲν γὰρ ἧττον ἐπὶ γῆν φέρεται τὸ κῦμα ὑπεναντίως τῷ ἀνέμῳ, ὡς ἂν ἰδίαν τινὰ τῆς θαλάττης κίνησιν συγκινούμενον αὐτῇ.1

1 post αὐτῇ: τοιοῦτον δὲ καὶ τὸ ‘ἀμφὶ δέ τ᾽ ἄκρας κυρτὸν ἐὸν κορυφοῦται, ἀποπτύει δ᾽ ἁλὸς ἄχνην.’ καὶ τὸ ‘ἠιόνες βοόωσιν ἐρευγομένης ἁλὸς ἔξω.’

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

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