# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 95

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 95. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/95

962—969. Πρὸς ἀντιπέραν δὲ ὑπὸ τὴν πνοὴν τοῦ ζεφύρου, ὅπου καὶ οἱ καταρράκται λέγονται εἶναι, τῶν ἐν ὄρεσι διαιτωμένων Ἐρεμβῶν λυπηρὰ καὶ ἀνιαρὰ γῆ φαίνεται, τουτέστι τῶν Τρωγλοδυτῶν Ἀράβων, οἵτινες τὸν βίον καὶ τὴν ζωὴν αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖς κατωρυχέσι πέτραις, ἤτοι σπηλαίοις, ἔθεντο, γυμνοὶ καὶ κτημάτων ἐνδεεῖς ὄντες· θαλπομένοις δὲ τῷ ἱδρῶτι τὸ κατάξηρον αὐτῶν σῶμα μελαίνεται. Ματαίως δὲ οὕτως καθάπερ θῆρες πλανώμενοι ἄλγη ἔχουσιν, οὐχ ὡς τῶν ἁβροβίων Ἀράβων γένος· καὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἀνδράσιν ὁ δαίμων οὐ τὴν ἴσην δύναμιν ἐπὶ τῷ ὄλβῳ ἐθήκατο, τουτέστιν οὐκ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ὁ θεὸς τὴν ἴσην μοῖραν ἐν τῇ εὐδαιμονίᾳ τοῦ πλούτου ἔθηκεν.

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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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