# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 61

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 61. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/61

580—586. Πολλὴν δὲ ὁδὸν τοῦ ὠκεανοῦ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔμπροσθεν βόρεια μέρη ὑπὲρ τῶν Βρετανικῶννήσων διελθὼν ἐπὶ τὴν Θούλην νῆσον τῇ καλῶς ἐργασθείσῃ νηῒ διαπεράσαις. Ἐκεῖσε μὲν τοῦ ἡλίου πρὸς τὰ ἀρκτῶα μέρη τοῦ κόσμου, ἤγουν ἐπὶ τὸν ἀρκτῶον πόλον, βεβηκότος, διὰ τὸ ἐπίμηκες τῶν ἡμερῶν τάς τε ἡμέρας καὶ νύκτας τὸ ἀειλαμπές αὐτοῦ φῶς ἐκκέχυται. Τηνικαῦτα γὰρ λοξότερος ὁ ἥλιος φέρεται καὶ τὸν ὁρίζοντα ἐκκλινόμενος, κατὰ εὐθεῖαν τῶν ἀκτίνων αὐτοῦ ἐρχομένων· μυλοειδῶς γὰρ αὐτὴν περιστρέφεται καὶ εἰς αὐτὴν ἐφορᾷ καθ᾿ ὅλον τὸν κύκλον, ἕως ὅτου πάλιν ἔλθῃ ἐπὶ τοὺς τὰ νότια μέρη, ἤγουν τὸ ἀντικείμενον νότιον ἡμικύκλιον, κατοικοῦντας Ἰνδοὺς καὶ Αἰθίοπας.

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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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