# Scholia in Dionysii Periegetae orbis descriptionem (scholia vetera) 17

Anonymous, Scholia in Dionysii Periegetae orbis descriptionem (scholia vetera), Section 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-7/scholia-in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem-scholia-vetera/17

τὸ μὲν γὰρ πρὸς βορέην ἤτοι πρὸς τὰ βόρεια μέρη τῆς Εὐρώπης, ὧν ὁ ποταμὸς ἢ ὅριον ὑποτίθεται τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον, νοτιώτερον δὲ κεῖσθαι τὸν Νεῖλον· ἀντίκεινται γὰρ ἀλλήλοις οἱ ποταμοί. ὁ μὲν γὰρ Τάναϊς ἐκ βορείου φερόμενος ἐπιβάλλει τῇ λίμνῃ, ὁ δὲ Νεῖλος ἀπὸ νότου φυλάττει τῇ χώρᾳ τὴν πίστιν τοῦ ῥεύματος. B. νότιον δὲ μεσούριον: τὸ δὲ νοτιώτερον μέρος ὅριόν ἐστιν ὁ Ἑλλήσποντος· τὸ δὲ τελευταῖον ὅριον τῆς Εὐρώπης καὶ τοῦ Πόντου ἐστὶ τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς διοριζούσης τὴν Κὐρώπην τελευταῖον εἰς τὸν Νεῖλον. ἄλλως· τὸ μέσον ὅριον, οἱονεὶ τὸ διαχώρισμα. B. Vgl. Zeile 7 ff. μεσούριον] τῆς Εὐρώπης μέσον ὅριον Ἑλλήσποντος· τὸ Ἡρακλεωτικὸν στόμιον. A il.

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Anonymous, Scholia in Dionysii Periegetae orbis descriptionem (scholia vetera), ed. Arthur Ludwich. 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.tlg002.local001/.