# Scholia in Dionysii Byzantii per Bosporum navigationem (scholia vetera) 7

Anonymous, Scholia in Dionysii Byzantii per Bosporum navigationem (scholia vetera), Section 7. Ancient Greek.

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

Σφενδόνῃ ἔοικε τὸ σχῆμα ἡ οἰκουμένη γῆ. Διὸ καὶ εἰς δύο κώνους τέμνεται, ὧν εἷς μὲν ὁ ἀποτελῶν τὴν Ἀσίαν, εἷς δὲ ὁ τῆς Λιβύης ἀπαρτιζόμενος, ἅτε τῶν δύο κώνων ὁμοῦ κατὰ βάσεις ὄντων. Τὸ μὲν κατὰ τὰς κορυφὰς ὀξὺ πρὸς ἕω κεῖται καὶ δυσμὰς, τὸ δὲ κατὰ τὰς βάσεις εὐρὺ πρὸς νότον καὶ βορρᾶν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg5019.tlg001.local001/.