# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 65

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 65. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/65

627—635. Ἀλλ᾿ οὐδαμῶς τοσοῦτον ὑπάρχει τὸ μέγεθος τῆς Ἀσίας γῆς, ὅσον τῆς Λιβύης καὶ Εὐρώπης, οὐδὲ κατὰ τὸ εἶδος ἅπαν ὅμοιον καὶ παραπλήσιον. Καὶ γὰρ ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡπείροις μία μεγίστη ἡγεμονεύει θάλασσα, ἐν δὲ τῆ Ἀσίᾳ πολὺς ὠκεανός· τρεῖς γὰρ κόλπους μεγάλα κύματα ἔχοντας συστρέφων ἐρεύγεται ἢ ἀποτίκτει ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ ἔσωθεν βάλλων εἰς τὴν ἤπειρον τῆς Ἀσίας, τὸν Περσικὸν καὶ τὸν Ἀράβιον καὶ τὸν Ὑρκάνιον τὸν καὶ Κάσπιον κόλπον τὸν βαθείας συστροφὰς ἔχοντα, τοὺς δύο μέν, τουτέστι τὸν Περσικὸν καὶ Ἀράβιον, πρὸς νότον, τὸν Κάσπιον δὲ ἐς τὸν βορρᾶν ὁρῶντα καὶ ἐς τὸν Λίβα ἄνεμον, γείτονα τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντον· ὅντινα κόλπον ἄπειρα καὶ ἀναρίθμητα ἔθνη περιοικεῖ.

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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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