# Ex Agatharchidis De Maris Erythraeo Libri Excerpta 1

Agatharchides, Ex Agatharchidis De Maris Erythraeo Libri Excerpta, ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΡΥΘΡΑΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΗΣ ΕΚ ΤΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΟΥ ΛΟΓΟΥ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/agatharchides/ex-agatharchidis-de-maris-erythraeo-libri-excerpta/1

1. Ὅτι Πτολεμαῖόν φησι τὸν μετὰ τὸν Λάγου πρῶτον ἐλεφάντων θήραν συστήσασθαι, ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ τῶν ὁμοιοτρόπων, καὶ τὰ τῇ φύσει κεχωρισμένα τῇ προνοίᾳ συναγαγεῖν ὑπὸ μίαν οἴκησιν. Σκεπτέον δὲ τί φησιν ἐνταῦθα ὁ ἱστορικός. Καὶ γὰρ καὶ πρὸ τῶν Πτολεμαίων ἐλέφασι πολλοὶ χειροήθεσι καὶ ἐν πολέμῳ ἐχρῶντο, ὡς Πῶρός τε ὁ Ἰνδὸς ὁ πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον πολεμήσας καὶ ἄλλοι οὐκ ὀλίγοι· ἢ ὅτι Πτολεμαῖος οὗτος πολὺς πρῶτος περὶ ταύτην ὤφθη τὴν σπουδὴν, ἢ πρῶτος τῶν μετὰ Ἀλέξανδρον, ἢ τῶν Αἰγύπτου βασιλέων πρῶτος.

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Agatharchides, Ex Agatharchidis De Maris Erythraeo Libri Excerpta, ed. Carolus Müllerus. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0067.tlg001.local001/.