# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 56

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 56. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/56

541—549. Ὑπὲρ δὲ τὸν ἀριστερὸν πόρον, ἤγουν πρὸς τὰ ἀριστερὰ μέρη, τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου ἐξ ἐναντίας τοῦ Βορυσθένους ποταμοῦ μεγαλώνυμος καὶ ἔνδοξός τις νῆσος τῶν ἡμιθέων ἀνδρῶν κεῖται, Λευκὴν δὲ τὸ ἐπίκλην αὐτὴν λέγουσι, διότι τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ θηρία ἢ ὄρνεα λευκὰ ὑπάρχουσιν. Ἐκεῖσε λέγουσι τὰς καὶ τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἡμιθέων ψυχὰς κατὰ τοὺς ἐρήμους καὶ συμφύτους τόπους ἀναστρέφεσθαι. Τοῦτο δὲ τὸ δῶρον παρὰ τοῦ Διὸς ταῖς ἀρίσταις ψυχαῖς ἀντὶ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐπακολουθεῖ· ἀφθάρτου γὰρ ἡ ἀρετὴ τιμῆς καὶ ἀκηράτου ἔτυχεν.

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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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