# Geographiae Informatio 3.14

Agathemerus, Geographiae Informatio, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/agathemerus/geographiae-informatio/3.14

Ὁ δὲ Ἀράβιος κόλπος, στενὸς ὢν καὶ προμήκης, ἄρχεται ἀφ᾽ Ἡρώων πόλεως παρὰ τὴν Τρωγλοδυτικὴν ἕως τῆς Πτολεμαΐδος, τῆς ἐπὶ θῆρας, σταδίων θʹ͵ τὸ μῆκος. Τὰ δὲ κατὰ Δείρην στενὰ σταδίων ξʹ, ἔνθεν ἑξῆς πλοῦς σταδίων ϛ͵φʹ, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν οὐ πλεῖται παρὰ τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν ἕως ᾽Ωκεανοῦ σταδίων ͵ηʹ. τὸ δὲ παρὰ τὴν Ἀραβίαν πλευρὰν ἀπ᾿ Ἐλανίτου μυχοῦ σταδίων μυριάδων Δ͵. αὐτὴ δὲ ἡ Ἀραβία εἰς τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν καθήκει καὶ μεμήκυται ἐπὶ σταδίων μυρίων δισχιλίων.

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Agathemerus, Geographiae Informatio, ed. Samuel Tennulius. 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.
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