# Dicaearchi, ut fertur, potius vero Athenaei Descriptionis Graeciae Fragmenta tria 12

Pseudo Dicaearchus Messenius, Dicaearchi, ut fertur, potius vero Athenaei Descriptionis Graeciae Fragmenta tria, Α΄.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-dicaearchus-messenius/dicaearchi-ut-fertur-potius-vero-athenaei-descriptionis-graeciae-fragmenta-tria/12

12. Ἐντεῦθεν εἰς Θήβας στέδια π΄. Ὁδὸς λεία πᾶσα καὶ ἐπίπεδος. Ἡ δὲ πόλις ἐν μέσῳ μέν τῆς τῶν Βοιωτῶν κεῖται χώρας, τήν περίμετρον ἔχουσα σταδίων ο πᾶσα δʼ ὁμαλή· στρογγύλη μὲν τῷ σχήματι, τῇ χρόα δὲ μελάγγειος ἀρχαία μὲν οὖσα, καινῶς δʼ ἐρρυμοτομημένη διὰ τὸ τρὶς ἤδη, ὥς φασιν αἱ ἱστορίαι, κατεσκάφθαι διὰ τὸ βάρος καὶ τὴν ὑπερηφανίαν τῶν κατοικούντων.

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Pseudo Dicaearchus Messenius, Dicaearchi, ut fertur, potius vero Athenaei Descriptionis Graeciae Fragmenta tria, ed. Carolus Müllerus. 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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