# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 19

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/19

184—194. Ἀλλ᾿ ἐπὶ μὲν τὴν ἐσχάτην γωνίαν τοῦ τετραπλεύρου ἐκείνου σχήματος τῆς Λιβύης ἐγγὺς τῶν Ἡρακλεωτικῶν στηλῶν οἱ Μαυρούσιοι κατοικοῦσιν. Ἐπὶ τούτοις δὲ τῶν Νομάδων τὰ πολλὰ ἔθνη παράκεινται, ὅπου οἱ Μασαισύλιοι καὶ οἱ ἄγριοι καὶ ἀνέστιοι Μασυλῆες σὺν τοῖς παισὶν αὐτῶν τὴν γῆν καὶ τὰς ὕλας βόσκονται, ζητοῦντες βίον ἀπρεπῆ καὶ κακὸν καὶ θηριώδη. Οὐ γὰρ ἐν πείρᾳ τοῦ ἀροτριᾶν ἐκεῖνοι γεγένηνται· ἐκείνοις οὐδαμῶς ποτε τῆς ἁμάξης ὁ τερπνὸς συρμὸς καὶ ἦχος ἀκούεται, οὐδὲ ὁ μυκηθμὸς τῶν βοῶν εἰς τὴν ἔπαυλιν ἐρχομένων, ἀλλ᾿ οὕτως ματαίως καθάπερ θῆρες ἐπὶ τὰ δρυοφόρα χωρία πορεύονται, ἄπειροι καὶ ἀμαθεῖς καὶ ἄμοιροι τῶν ἀμπέλων ἢ ἀμπελουργίας, καὶ τοῦ ἀμήτου, ἤτοι τοῦ θέρους, ἀνήκουστοι.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4174.tlg001.local001/.