# Commentarium in Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 260

Eustathius, Commentarium in Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem, Section 260. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eustathius-philol-et-scr-eccl/commentarium-in-dionysii-periegetae-orbis-descriptionem/260

Ὅτι πρὸς ἀνατολὰς Αἰγύπτου περὶ τὴν Κασιώτιδα πέτραν, ἤτοι περὶ τὸ Κάσιον ὄρος, ἡ πόλις τὸ Πηλούσιον κεῖται, πρὸς τῷ ἐξ αὐτοῦ παρωνύμῳ Πηλουσιακῷ τοῦ Νείλου στόματι ἀνατολικῷ ὄντι. Καὶ οὗτος μὲν τὸ Πηλούσιον πτολίεθρον ἐπώνυμον τοῦ Πηλέως φησὶν, ὡς στρατιωτῶν Φθιωτῶν ὑπὸ τῷ Πηλεῖ τεταγμένων οἰκησάντων αὐτὸ, ἄλλοι δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ πηλοῦ καὶ τῶν ἐκεῖ ἑλῶν καὶ τελμάτων καλοῦσιν αὐτό. Ναυτικωτάτους δὲ τοὺς Πηλουσιώτας καλεῖ ἐν τῷ λέγειν αὐτοὺς ἔξοχα ναυτιλίας δεδαημένους. Τοιούτους δὲ καὶ Ὅμηρος οἶδε τοὺς Φοίνικας. Ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι τὸ Κάσιον Ἡρόδοτος ὁρίζειν φησὶ τὴν Αἴγυπτον καὶ τὴν Συρίαν· καὶ ὅτι τὰ νῦν ἰδιωτικῶς Κασιανὰ ὑφάσματα λεγόμενα ἐκ τῶν περὶ τὸ ῥηθὲν Κάσιον ὄρος τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς κλήσεως ἐοίκασι λαβεῖν, ὡς ὑπεμφαίνει ὁ γράψας τὰ Ἐθνικὰ, ἐν λόγῳ τιθεὶς τὰ Κασιωτικὰ ἱμάτια.

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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.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4083.tlg006.local001/.