# Scholia in Dionysii Byzantii per Bosporum navigationem (scholia vetera) 221

Anonymous, Scholia in Dionysii Byzantii per Bosporum navigationem (scholia vetera), Section 221. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-7/scholia-in-dionysii-byzantii-per-bosporum-navigationem-scholia-vetera/221

Ἔνθενπιοτάτοιο] Τῶν τῆς Σελήνης ὀρῶν κάτεισιν ὁ Νεῖλος. Πιότατον δὲ αὐτὸν εἴρηκεν, ἐπειδὴ λιπαρωτέραν ποιεῖ τὴν Αἰγυπτίαν γῆν ὁ Νεῖλος, ξηρᾶς οὔσης τῆς Λιβύης. Πτολεμαῖος δὲ ἀπὸ νότου κατὰ διάμετρόν φησιν αὐτὸν ἐκδίδοσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν Σεληναίων ὀρῶν, διαιρούμενον εἰς Ἀσταπὸν καὶ Ἀσταβόραν, ὑφ᾿ ὧν ἡ Μερόη περιέχεται. Θεόκριτος (7, 14) δὲ ἕως Βλεμμύων αὐτὸν ὁρᾶσθαί φησιν· ὁ δὲ Καλλίμαχος, θνητὸς ἀνήρ. οὐδ᾿ ὅθεν, οἶδεν, ὁδεύει,

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Anonymous, Scholia in Dionysii Byzantii per Bosporum navigationem (scholia vetera), 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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