# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 78

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 78. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/78

783—792. Ἑξῆς δὲ ὁ Ἶρις ποταμὸς τὸ καθαρὸν ὕδωρ εἰς τὸν Πόντον ἐκβάλλει· ἐπὶ τούτῳ δὲ αἱ τοῦ Ἅλυος ποταμοῦ ῥοαὶ ἀναβλύζουσι πλησίον τῆς Καραμβίας ἄκρας, ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν βορρᾶν ἑλκόμεναι ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀρμενίου ὄρους τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔχουσιν. Ἐπὶ τούτοις δὲ τοῖς αἰγιαλοῖς τῶν ποταμῶν κατοικοῦσιν οἱ Παφλαγόνες καὶ τὸ τῶν Μαριανδυνῶν ἱερὸν γένος. Ἐκεῖσε τὸν ἰσχρυρόφωνον μέγαν κύνα τοῦ ὑπογείου Πλούτωνος τὸν Κέρβερον, ταῖς χερσὶ τοῦ μεγαλόφρονος Ἡρακλέους ἑλκόμενον, δεινὸν χυλὸν σιελώδη ἀπὸ τῶν στομάτων αὐτοῦ φασιν ἐκβεβληκέναι. Καὶ τοῦτον μὲν τὸν ἰὸν ἀναμεμιγμένον ἡ γῆ ἐδέξατο καὶ τοῖς Μαριανδυνοῖς ἀνδράσι μεγάλην βλάβην ἐφύτευσε, τὴν ἀκόνιτον δηλονότι θανάσιμον οὖσαν.

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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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