Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 2.5.39

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[39] At Ptolemais in Phoenicia,¹ and at Sidon² and Tyre,³ the longest day consists of fourteen hours and a quarter. These cities are north of Alexandria by about 1600 stadia, and north of Carthage about 700. In the Peloponnesus, and about the middle of Rhodes, at 5anthus⁴ in Lycia, or a little to the south of this place, and at 400 stadia south of Syracuse,⁵ the longest day consists of fourteen and a half equinoctial hours. These places are distant from Alexandria 3640 stadia. . . . This parallel, according to Eratosthenes, passes through Caria, Lycaonia, Cataonia, Media, the Caspian Gates, and India next the Caucasus.⁶

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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[39] Ἐν δὲ τοῖς περὶ Πτολεμαΐδα τὴν ἐν τῇ Φοινίκῃ καὶ Σιδῶνα καὶ Τύρον ἡ μεγίστη ἡμέρα ἐστὶν ὡρῶν ἰσημερινῶν δεκατεττάρων καὶ τετάρτου· βορειότεροι δʼ εἰσὶν οὗτοι Ἀλεξανδρείας μὲν ὡς χιλίοις ἑξακοσίοις σταδίοις, Καρχηδόνος δὲ ὡς ἑπτακοσίοις. ἐν δὲ τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ καὶ περὶ τὰ μέσα τῆς Ῥοδίας καὶ περὶ Ξάνθον τῆς Λυκίας ἢ τὰ μικρῷ νοτιώτερα καὶ ἔτι τὰ Συρακοσίων νοτιώτερα τετρακοσίοις σταδίοις, ἐνταῦθα ἡ μεγίστη ἡμέρα ἐστὶν ὡρῶν ἰσημερινῶν δεκατεττάρων καὶ ἡμίσους· ἀπέχουσι δʼ οἱ τόποι οὗτοι Ἀλεξανδρείας μὲν τρισχιλίους ἑξακοσίους τετταράκοντα · διήκει δʼ ὁ παράλληλος οὗτος κατʼ Ἐρατοσθένη διὰ Καρίας Λυκαονίας Καταονίας Μηδίας Κασπίων πυλῶν Ἰνδῶν τῶν κατὰ Καύκασον.

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Geography

1. S. Jean d’ Acre.

2. Seide.

3. Tsur.

4. Eksenide.

5. Siragusa.

6. Caria occupied the southern and western parts of Anadoli, near the Island of Rhodes. Lycaonia formed a part of the modern Karaman. Cataonia was comprised in Aladeuli. Media is now Irak-Adjami. The Caspian Gates are the defiles of Firouz-Koh.

Strabo Geography 2.5.39

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

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