Strabo, Geography, Horace Leonard Jones (Translator), 10.5.8

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[8] And there is Syros (the first syllable is pronounced long), where Pherecydes¹ the son of Babys was born. The Athenian Pherecydes is later than he.² The poet seems to mention this island, though he calls it Syria:

There is an island called Syria, above Ortygia.

Geography. Strabo. Horace Leonard Jones (Translator). London. 1924-1929.

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Geography (Books 6-14) (English) (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 3-6. Jones, Horace Leonard, translator. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1924-1929 (printing).)

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Γεωγραφικά Perseus (Strabo. Strabonis Geographica, Vols. 1-3. Meineke, August, editor. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.) — 10.5.8 focus

[8] Σῦρος δʼ ἐστὶ μηκύνουσι τὴν πρώτην συλλαβήν, ἐξ ἧς Φερεκύδης ὁ Βάβυος ἦν· νεώτερος δʼ ἐστὶν ὁ Ἀθηναῖος ἐκείνου. ταύτης δοκεῖ μνημονεύειν ὁ ποιητὴς Συρίην καλῶν

νῆσός τις Συρίη κικλήσκεται

Ὀρτυγίης καθύπερθε.

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Geography Perseus (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 1-3. Hamilton, Hans Claude, translator; Falconer, William, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854-1857.) — 10.5.8 focus

[8] Here also is Syros, (the first syllable is long,) where Pherecydes the son of Babys was born. The Athenian Pherecydes is younger than the latter person. The poet seems to have mentioned this island under the name of Syria;

above Ortygia is an island called Syria.¹

Od. xv. 402.

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Geography

1. Fl. about 560 B.C.

2. Pherecydes of Leros (fl. in the first half of the fifth century B.C.), often called “the Athenian,” wrote, among other things, a work in ten books on the mythology and antiquities of Attica.

3. Hom. Od. 15.403

Strabo Geography 10.5.8

Horace Leonard Jones (Translator)

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