Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 22.8.13

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[13] Extremitatis¹ autem arcus utrumque tenus² duo exprimunt Bospori, e regione sibi oppositi, Thracius et Cimmericus: hac causa Bospori vocitati, quod per eos quondam Inachi filia, mutata (ut poetae loquuntur) in bovem,³ ad mare Ionium permeavit.

Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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Res Gestae (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).)

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[13] Now the tips of the bow on both sides are represented by the two Bospori lying opposite to each other, the Thracian¹ and the Cimmerian; and they are called Bospori, as the poets say, because the daughter of Inachus,² when she was changed into a heifer, once crossed through them to the Ionian sea.

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1. extremitatis, Pighius; extremitates, V.

2. utrumque tenus, Pighius, cf. Serv., Aen. vi. 62; utrumque tenues, V.

3. in bovem, W 2BG; inde usque, Bent.; in bovem usque, Novák; imbus quem admaxionem (adma deleted by V 2, which adds ad mare— infle** in margin).

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 22.8.13

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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