# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 67

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 67. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/67

652—662. Πλησίον μὲν οὖν τῆς Μαιώτιδος λίμνης αὐτοὶ οἱ Μαιῶται οἰκοῦσι, καὶ τὸ γένος τοῦ πολεμικωτάτου Ἄρεος, τὰ ἔθνη τῶν ἀγαυῶν Σαυροματῶν· καὶ γὰρ ἐξ ἐκείνης τῆς συνουσίας τὴν γένεσιν ἕλκουσι τῶν Ἀμαζόνων, ἥντινά ποτε ἐμίγησαν τοῖς Σαυρομάταις, πόρρω τῆς οἰκείας πατρίδος καὶ τοῦ Θερμώδοντος ποταμοῦ πλανηθεῖσαι, ὁπόταν καθ᾿ Ἑλλάδος ἐστρατοπέδευσαν, ἢ φεύγουσαι τὸν Ἡρακλέα. Τούτου χάριν καὶ μεγαλόψυχοι παῖδες καὶ ἰσχυροὶ (ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐγεννήθησαν, ἐπὶ τὴν ἄπειρον κατοικοῦντες καὶ ὑλώδη γῆν, ἧστινος ἐπὶ μέσον ὁ Τάναῖς ποταμὸς συρόμενος εἰς τὴν μυχὸν ἢ τὸ μέσον τῆς Μαιώτιδος λίμνης ἐκβάλλει, ὅστις καὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀσίας διαχωρίζει, ἐπὶ τὴν δύσιν μὲν τὴν Εὐρώπην, ἐπὶ δὲ τὰς αὐγὰς, ἤτοι τὴν ἀνατολὴν, τὴν τῆς Ἀσίας ἤπειρον.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4174.tlg001.local001/.