# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 27

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 27. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/27

270—280. Εἰ δὲ καὶ τῆς Εὐρώπης τὸν τύπον ἐθέλεις ἰδεῖν, οὐδαμῶς σε κρύψω κἀκεῖνον. Ὁ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁρισμός ἐστι τῆς Λιβύης, οἷον καὶ τῆς Εὐρώπης, ἄλλ᾿ οὗτος μὲν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀρκτῶα μέρη ἔστραπται, ὡς βορειοτέραν εἶναι τὴν Εὐρώπην, καὶ ἀντιπροσώπως τῷ αὐτῷ σχήματι τοσοῦτον ἐπὶ τὴν ἀνατολὴν πάλιν ἐπισύρεται, ὅσον καὶ ἡ πρὸς νότον ἀντικειμένη Λιβύη πρὸς ὅρον ἢ πέρας ἀνατολικὸν προχωρεῖ. Ἀμφότεραι δὲ, δηλονότι αἱ ἐκτάσεις τῆς Εὐρώπης καὶ τῆς Λιβύης, ἴσην ἔχουσι τὴν ἐσχάτην βάσιν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀσίαν, ἡ μὲν πρὸς τὸν βορρᾶν, ἡ δὲ πρὸς τὸν νότον. Ἐὰν δὲ τὰς ἀμφοτέρας ταύτας, τήν τε Εὐρώπην καὶ τὴν Λιβύην, μίαν θείης γῆν, ὄντως κώνου σχῆμα ὑπάρχει, ὡς ἀμφοτέρων τῶν πλευρῶν ἴσων ὄντων· καὶ τὸ μὲν ὀξὺ τοῦ κώνου ἐστι πρὸς δύσιν, ὅθιν ἀποξύνεται ἥ τε Λιβύη καὶ ἡ Εὐρώπη, τὸ δὲ πλατὺ, ἤγουν ἡ βάσις, πρὸς ἀνατολὴν, τὸ μέσον ἢ κοινὸν μεθόριον πρὸς τῇ Ἀσίᾳ· τούτου χάριν τῶν ἀμφοτέρων ἠπείρων τὸν πόρον καὶ ἔκτασιν ἰδὼν ῥᾳδίως καὶ εὐκόλως καὶ τῆς Εὐρώπης πέρατα καὶ ὅρους καταλάβοις.

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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/.