# Fragmenta 5

Theophanes Mytilenaeus, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg3_THEOPHANES_MYTILENAEUS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophanes-mytilenaeus/fragmenta/5

Μέγεθος δὲ τῆς χώρας Θεοφάνης ἀποδίδωσιν, εὖρος μὲν σχοίνων ἑκατὸν, μῆκος δὲ διπλάσιον, τιθεὶς τὴν σχοῖνον τετταράκοντα σταδίων· πρὸς ὑπερβολὴν δ ̓ εἴρηκεν· ἐγγυτέρω δ ̓ ἐστὶ τῆς ἀληθείας, μῆκος μὲν θέσθαι τὸ ὑπ ̓ ἐκείνου λεχθὲν, εὖρος δὲ τὸ ἥμισυ ἢ μικρῷ πλεῖον.

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THEOPHANES MYTILENAEUS, Fragmenta. 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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