# Commentarium in Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 146

Eustathius, Commentarium in Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 146. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eustathius-philol-et-scr-eccl/commentarium-in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/146

Ὅτι τὸν Εὔξεινον, ἄπλουν τε ὄντα καὶ Ἄξεινον θάλασσάν ποτε καλούμενον, Εὔξεινον οἱ ὕστερον κατὰ σχῆμα εὐφημισμοῦ μετεκάλεσαν. Ἄξεινος δὲ ἐλέγετο (ταὐτὸν δὲ εἰπεῖν ἀπόξεινος κατὰ τὸν Σοφοκλῆν) ἢ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν νήσων καταγωγὰς, ἢ διὰ τοὺς περιοικοῦντας Σκύθας, ἀνεπιμίκτους βαρβάρους, οἳ καὶ ἐξενοθύτουν καὶ ἐσαρκοφάγουν, καὶ ἀνθρώπων κρανίοις ἐχρῶντο ἐκπώμασιν. Ἕτεροι δέ φασιν Ἡρακλέα κεκαθαρκέναι τὰ τῇδε, καὶ εἰς Εὔξεινον μετασκευάσαι τὸν ἄξεινον. Ἄλλοι δὲ εἰς Ἴωνας ἀνάγουσι τὸ τοιοῦτον ἀρίστευμα, οἳ πόλεις πολλὰς ἐν τῇ παραλίᾳ ᾤκισαν.

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Eustathius Philol. et Scr. Eccl., Commentarium in Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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