# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 64

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 64. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/64

620 626. Τὸ δὲ σχῆμα καὶ ἡ μορφὴ τῆς Ἀσίας ἐστὶν ὁ ῥυσμὸς, τουτέστιν ἡ ἔκτασις καὶ ἡ περιγραφὴ, τῶν ἀμφοτέρων ἠπείρων, τῆς τε Εὐρώπης καὶ Λιβύης, ὅμοιον δέ ἐστι τὸ σχῆμα καὶ παραπλήσιον κώνῳ, ὅπερ ἐστὶ σχῆμα στροβιλοειδὲς, κατὰ τὸ ἔτερον μέρος ἢ τὸ ἐναντίον ἑλκόμενον κατὰ μικρὸν, καὶ ἀποξυνόμενον πρὸς τὸ ἔσχατον πέρας τῆς ἀνατολῆς, τῶν ἑτέρων δύο ἡπείρων πρὸς τὴν δύσιν κειμένων· ὅπου καὶ τοῦ ἐν Θήβῃ γεννηθέντος Διονύσου αἱ στῆλαι περὶ τὰ ἔσχατα τοῦ ὠκεανοῦ ἵστανται ἐν τοῖς ἐσχάτοις μέρεσι τῶν Ἰνδῶν, ὅπου ὁ Γάγγης τὸ Νυσσαῖον λευκὸν ὕδωρ ἢ τὸ ἀπὸ Νύσσης κατερχόμενον ἐπὶ τὸν πλαταμῶνα κυλίει.

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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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