# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 4

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/4

36—42. Ὅπου δὲ τὸ πρῶτον ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ ἀνατέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὸ πρὸς ἕω μέρος, ἠῷον καὶ Ἰνδικὸν καλεῖται τὸ κῦμα ἐκεῖνο τῆς θαλάσσης, τουτέστι τὸ μέρος ἐκεῖνο τοῦ ὠκεανοῦ. Τὸ δὲ πρὸς νότον κλίμα Ἐρυθραῖον καὶ Αἰθιοπικὸν καλοῦσιν· ὅπου ὁ πολὺς καὶ ἐπιμήκης τῆς ἀοικήτου γῆς τόπος ἐκτετάνυσται, ὑπὸ τοῦ μαλεροῦ, ἤτοι θερμαντικοῦ καὶ καυστικοῦ, ἡλίου κεκαυμένος. Καὶ γὰρ τὸ πρὸς νότον μέρος Ἐρυθραῖον, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὸ ἔθνος ἐκεῖνο Αἰθιοπικὸν, ὡς παρακεῖσθαι μακρὸν ἀγκῶνα τῆς ἀοικήτου. Οὕτω, καθὼς εἴπομεν, περιτρέχει ὁ ὠκεανὸς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, τοιοῦτος ὑπάρχων καὶ τοσαῦτα ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὀνόματα ἔχων.

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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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