# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 54

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 54. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/54

525—532. Αἱ δὲ τὴν πρώτην μοῖραν ἢ τάξιν τῆς Ἀσίας λαχοῦσαι νῆσοι αὗταί εἰσιν, αἳ κύκλῳ τὴν Δῆλον περιέχουσι, καὶ Κυκλάδες ἐκ τούτου ὀνομάζονται. Χαριστήρια δὲ τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι καὶ χοροὺς ἅπασαι αἱ νῆσοι ἄγουσι, τὴν Δῆλον τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος κυκλοῦσαι, τοῦ καλοῦ καὶ ἐπιθυμητοῦ ἔαρος νεωστὶ ἀρχομένου, ἡνίκα ἡ ἡδύφωνος ἀηδὼν χωρὶς καὶ ἄπωθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων γεννᾷ ἢ νεοττεύει. Αἱ δὲ Σποράδες νῆσοι ἐφεξῆς μετὰ τὰς Κυκλάδας πανταχοῦ ἐν τῷ πόντῳ λάμπουσιν, ὥσπερ τὰ ἄστρα διὰ ἀνεφέλου καὶ καθαροῦ ἀέρος φαίνονται, τοῦ ταχυτάτου βορρᾶ τὰ ὑγρὰ νέφη βιασαμένου ἢ διασκεδάσαντος.

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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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