# In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 99

Anonymous, In Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 99. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-5/in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/99

992—1000. Ὅση δὲ γῆ μεταξὺ κεῖται τοῦ τε Εὐφράτου καὶ Τίγριος, ταύτην οἱ περίοικοι Μεσοποταμίαν καλοῦσιν· οὐδαμῶς μέντοι τὰς νομὰς ἐκείνης τῆς χώρας βούκολος ἀνὴρ μέμψοιτο, οὐδ᾿ ὅστις τὸν κέρᾳ καὶ ὄνυξι χρώμενον Πᾶνα τῇ σύριγγι τιμῶν τοῖς ἐν ἀγρῷ αὐλιζομένοις προβάτοις ἕπεται, ἀλλ᾿ οὐδὲ τὴν ποικίλην καὶ πυκνὴν τῶν δένδρων φυτείαν φυτουργὸς ἀνὴρ τῶν καρπῶν ἀποδοκιμάσειεν ἢ ἀπορίψειεν, ἐπειδὴ τοιαύτη ὑπάρχει τῆς γῆς ἐκείνης ἡ ἄροσις ἐν τῷ αὔξειν τὴν πόαν καὶ διὰ τὸ κάλλος καὶ τὸ ἀνθηρὸν τῶν νομῶν. Ἐν αὐτῇ δὲ καὶ ἡ τῶν ἀνδρῶν γενεὰ ὅμοια καὶ παραπλησία τοῖς ἀθανάτοις θεοῖς κατὰ τὸ μέγεθος καὶ τὸ κάλλος αὔξεται.

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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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