# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 98

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 98. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/98

983—991. Μετὰ τοῦτον δὲ τὸν Εὐφράτην εἰς ἀνατολὴν Τίγρις ὁ ταχύτατος πάντων τῶν ποταμῶν καὶ καλὰ ῥεύματα ἔχων φέρεται, ὃς καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Νιφάτου ὄρους γεννᾶται, ἴσον ῥοῦν καὶ ὁμαλὸν κατὰ τὸ τάχος ἐλαύνων, τοσοῦτον ἄποθεν καὶ χωρὶς ὑπάρχων ἀπὸ τοῦ Εὐρράτου, ὁπόσον ἐπὶ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ὁδοιπόρος ἰσχυρὸς καὶ γενναῖος καὶ ταχὺς ὁδεύσειεν. Ὑπάρχει δέ τις λίμνη κατὰ τὸ μέσον κυκλοτερὴς τοῖς ὕδασιν, ὄνομα Θωνῖτις καλουμένη, ἐφ᾿ ἧστινος τὸ ἐνδότατον δύνων καὶ ὡς εἰς βάραθρον ἐμπεσὼν ὁ Τίγρις καταπολὺ ὑποκάτωθεν σύρεται· πάλιν δὲ ὑπόγειος ἐξ αὐτῆς ἀνατείλας ὀξύτερον ῥοῦν κάτω προπέμπει, διὰ τὸ πρανὲς, ἤτοι τὸ κατωφερὲς τῶν χωρίων· οὐδαμῶς ἂν ἐκείνου ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ποταμοῖς ταχύτερον κατόψει.

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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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