# Scholia in Nicandri Alexipharmaca (scholia vetera et recentiora) 7

Scholia in Nicandrum, Scholia in Nicandri Alexipharmaca (scholia vetera et recentiora), Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-nicandrum/scholia-in-nicandri-alexipharmaca-scholia-vetera-et-recentiora/7

Ἄρκτον ὑπ’ ὀμφαλόεσσαν· ἀρκτικωτέρα γὰρ ἡ Κύζικος τῆς Κολοφῶνος, ὀμφαλὸν δὲ καλεῖ τὸν βόρειον πόλον, ὡς μεσαίτατον, ἢ αὐτὴν τὴν ἄρκτον διὰ τὸν παρακείμενον αὐτῇ τῶν ἄστρων χορόν· ὀμφαλόεσσα εἴρηκε διὰ τὸ μέσον τοῦ βορείου κεῖσθαι. Τινὲς δ’ ἐπειδὴ δοκεῖ ὁ κατὰ τὰς ἄρκτους τόπος εὐβοτώτατος, ὀμφαλόεσσαν εἰρῆσθαί φασι τὴν τροφώδη· ὀμφαλὸς γὰρ ἀπὸ τῆς ὄμπνης εἴρηται, ὅ ἐστι τροφὴ, ἀφ’ οὐ καὶ ἡ Δημήτηρ ὀμπνία, ἄλλοι δὲ τὴν Κρητικήν· Ὀμφαλὸς γὰρ τόπος ἐν Κρήτῃ, ὡς καὶ Καλλίμαχος (Hymn. in Jovem 44)· πέσε, δαῖμον, ἀπ’ ὀμφαλὸς, ἔνθεν ἐκεῖνο Ὀμφάλιον μετέπειτα πέδον καλέουσι Κύδωνες.

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Scholia in Nicandrum, Scholia in Nicandri Alexipharmaca (scholia vetera et recentiora), ed. Otto Schneider. 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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