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[9] ῞απαντες μὲν τοίνυν οἱ περὶ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς γράψαντες ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ ψευδολόγοι γεγόνασι, καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν δὲ Δηίμαχος, τὰ δὲ δεύτερα λέγει Μεγασθένης, Ὀνησίκριτος δὲ καὶ Νέαρχος καὶ ἄλλοι τοιοῦτοι παραψελλίζοντες ἤδη. καὶ ἡμῖν δ᾽ ὑπῆρξεν ἐπὶ πλέον κατιδεῖν ταῦτα ὑπομνηματιζομένοις τὰς Ἀλεξάνδρου πράξεις: διαφερόντως δ᾽ ἀπιστεῖν ἄξιον Δηιμάχῳ τε καὶ Μεγασθένει. οὗτοι γάρ εἰσιν οἱ τοὺς ἐνωτοκοίτας καὶ τοὺς ἀστόμους καὶ ἄρρινας ἱστοροῦντες μονοφθάλμους τε καὶ μακροσκελεῖς καὶ ὀπισθοδακτύλους: ἀνεκαίνισαν δὲ καὶ τὴν Ὁμηρικὴν τῶν Πυγμαίων γερανομαχίαν, τρισπιθάμους εἰπόντες. οὗτοι δὲ καὶ τοὺς χρυσωρύχους μύρμηκας καὶ Πᾶνας σφηνοκεφάλους ὄφεις τε καὶ βοῦς καὶ ἐλάφους σὺν κέρασι καταπίνοντας: περὶ ὧν ἕτερος τὸν ἕτερον ἐλέγχει, ὅπερ καὶ Ἐρατοσθένης φησίν. ἐπέμφθησαν μὲν γὰρ εἰς τὰ Παλίμβοθρα, ὁ μὲν Μεγασθένης πρὸς Σανδρόκοττον ὁ δὲ Δηίμαχος πρὸς Ἀλλιτροχάδην τὸν ἐκείνου υἱὸν κατὰ πρεσβείαν: ὑπομνήματα δὲ τῆς ἀποδημίας κατέλιπον τοιαῦτα, ὑφ᾽ ἧς δή ποτε αἰτίας προαχθέντες. Πατροκλῆς δὲ ἥκιστα τοιοῦτος: καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι δὲ μάρτυρες οὐκ ἀπίθανοι, οἷς κέχρηται ὁ Ἐρατοσθένης ...
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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- LSJ, ἄρρι_ς
- LSJ, ἄστομ-ος
- LSJ, ἀνακαιν-ίζω
- LSJ, γερα^νο-μα^χία
- LSJ, μακρο-σκελής
- LSJ, μον-όφθαλμος
- LSJ, μύρμηξ
- LSJ, ὀπισθο-δάκτυ^λος
- LSJ, παραψελλίζω
- LSJ, σφηνο-κέφα^λος
- LSJ, ὑπομνημα^τ-ίζομαι
- LSJ, χρυ_σώρυ^χ-ος
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