# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 103

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 103. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/103

1053—1062. Ἐὰν δέ σε ἐπιθυμία καταλαμβάνῃ καὶ ἐπικρατῇ καὶ τοὺς Πέρσας ἰδεῖν, σαφῶς ἄν σοι καὶ τούτων τὸ γένος προσείποιμι, καὶ τῶν ἀεὶ καὶ διαπαντὸς κατερχομένων ποταμῶν τὸν πόρον καὶ τὰς ὁδοὺς τῶν ὀρῶν. Μόνοι γὰρ τῆς Ἀσίας τὸ ἔθνος βασιλικώτατον ἔχουσι, καὶ μόνοι τὸν ἄπειρον πλοῦτον ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις αὐτῶν ἔθεντο, ὁπότε τὴν Μῃονίαν, ἥπερ ἐστὶν ἡ Λυδία, ἐπὶ Δαρείου καθελόντες καὶ τὰς Σάρδεις ἐπόρθησαν. Ἐπὶ τῷ σώματι μὲν ἐκείνων τῶν ἀνδρῶν τὰ ὅπλα χρυσᾶ, χρύσειοι δὲ καὶ οἱ χαλινοὶ τοῖς ἵπποις αὐτῶν ἐπὶ στόμασι, χρυσᾶ δὲ καὶ τοῖς ποσὶ τὰ ἑαυτῶν ὑποδήματα ἐκάλλυναν· τοσοῦτος γὰρ ἦν αὐτοῖς ἄπειρος πλοῦτος.

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Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, ed. Karl Müller. 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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