# Ex Agatharchidis De Maris Erythraeo Libri Excerpta 16

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/16

16. Ἀλλὰ καταπλήξονται τοὺς Ἕλληνας οἱ Αἰθίοπες. Τίνι; τῇ μελανίᾳ καὶ τῇ παραλλαγῇ τῆς μορφῆς; Οὐχ ὑπερβαίνει τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς ἡλικίαν παῤ ἡμὶν ὁ τοιοῦτος φόβος. Ἐν δὲ τοῖς πολέμοις καὶ τοῖς μείζοσι διαφοραῖς οὐκ ὄψει καὶ χρώματι, τόλμη δὲ καὶ στρατηγίᾳ τὰ πράγματα κρίνεται.

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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/.