Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 11.1.3

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[3] The Taurus has in many places a breadth of 3000 stadia; its length equals that of Asia, namely 45,000 stadia,¹ reckoning from the continent opposite to Rhodes to the eastern extremities of India and Scythia.

Geography. Strabo. Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator). London. 1854-1857.

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

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Γεωγραφικά Perseus (Strabo. Strabonis Geographica, Vols. 1-3. Meineke, August, editor. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.) — 11.1.3 focus

[3] πλάτος μὲν οὖν ἔχει τὸ ὄρος πολλαχοῦ καὶ τρισχιλίων σταδίων, μῆκος δʼ ὅσον καὶ τὸ τῆς Ἀσίας, τεττάρων που μυριάδων καὶ πεντακισχιλίων, ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥοδίων περαίας ἐπὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῆς Ἰνδικῆς καὶ Σκυθίας πρὸς τὰς ἀνατολάς.

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Geography (Books 6-14) Perseus (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 3-6. Jones, Horace Leonard, translator. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1924-1929 (printing).) — 11.1.3 focus

[3] Now the mountain has in many places as great a breadth as three thousand stadia, and a length as great as that of Asia itself, that is, about forty-five thousand stadia, reckoning from the coast opposite Rhodes to the eastern extremities of India and Scythia.

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Geography

1. The following are the measurements of our author: Stadia. From Rhodes to Issus 5,000 From Issus to the Caspian Gates 10,000 From the Caspian Gates to the sources of the Indus 14,000 From the Indus to the mouth of the Ganges 13,500 From thence to Thinae 2,500 45,000

Strabo Geography 11.1.3

Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator)

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