[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Greek](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr) › [Roman Imperial (31 BCE – 330 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman) › [Γεωγραφικά](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo) › 1.4.1 # Γεωγραφικά 1.4.1 Γεωγραφικά 1.4.1 - **Language:** Ancient Greek ### [1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.1.4.1) ̔η μὲν οὖν πρώτη διέξοδος αὐτῷ τῶν ὑπομνημάτων τοιαύτη. ἐν δὲ τῇ δευτέρᾳ πειρᾶται διόρθωσίν τινα ποιεῖσθαι τῆς γεωγραφίας καὶ τὰς ἑαυτοῦ λέγει ὑπολήψεις, πρὸς ἃς πάλιν εἰ ἔστι τις ἐπανόρθωσις, πειρατέον προσφέρειν. τὸ μὲν οὖν τὰς μαθηματικὰς ὑποθέσεις εἰσάγειν καὶ φυσικὰς εὖ λέγεται, καὶ ὅτι εἰ σφαιροειδὴς ἡ γῆ καθάπερ καὶ ὁ κόσμος, περιοικεῖται, καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ τοιαῦτα. εἰ δὲ τηλικαύτη ἡλίκην αὐτὸς εἴρηκεν, οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσιν οἱ ὕστερον, οὐδʼ ἐπαινοῦσι τὴν ἀναμέτρησιν· ὅμως δὲ πρὸς τὴν σημείωσιν τῶν κατὰ τὰς οἰκήσεις ἑκάστας φαινομένων προσχρῆται τοῖς διαστήμασιν ἐκείνοις Ἵππαρχος ἐπὶ τοῦ διὰ Μερόης καὶ Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ Βορυσθένους μεσημβρινοῦ, μικρὸν παραλλάττειν φήσας παρὰ τὴν ἀλήθειαν. καὶ περὶ τοῦ σχήματος δʼ ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς διὰ πλειόνων καὶ δεικνύς, ὅτι σφαιροειδὴς καὶ ἡ γῆ σὺν τῇ ὑγρᾷ φύσει καὶ ὁ οὐρανός, ἀλλοτριολογεῖν ἂν δόξειεν· ἀρκεῖ γὰρ τὸ ἐπὶ μικρόν. > IN his Second Book Eratosthenes endeavours to correct some errors in geography, and offers his own views on the subject, any mistakes in which we shall endeavour in our turn to set right. He is correct in saying that the inductions of mathematics and natural philosophy should be employed, and that if the earth is spheroidal like the universe, it is inhabited in all parts; together with some other things of this nature. Later writers do not agree with him as to the size of the earth, nor admit his measurement. However Hipparchus, when noting the celestial appearances for each particular locality, adopts his admeasurements, saying that those taken for the meridian of Meroe, Alexandria, and the Dnieper, differ but very slightly from the truth. Eratosthenes then enters into a long discussion concerning the figure of the globe, proving that the form of the earth together with the water is spheroidal, as also the heavens. This however we imagine was foreign to his purpose, and should have been disposed of in the compass of a few words. > — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, The Geography of Strabo - [Next: 1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.1.4.2) - [Up: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.1.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Geography of Strabo](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo~en-hamilton-falconer.1.4.1) — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.1.4.1) · Pramāṇa