Γεωγραφικα 11.8
Γεωγραφικά 11.8
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11.8.9
τὰ δὲ διαστήματα οὕτω λέγει· ἀπὸ μὲν τοῦ Κασπίου ἐπὶ τὸν Κῦρον ὡς χιλίους ὀκτακοσίους σταδίους, ἔνθεν δʼ ἐπὶ Κασπίας πύλας πεντακισχιλίους ἑξακοσίους, εἶτʼ εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν τὴν ἐν Ἀρίοις ἑξακισχιλίους τετρακοσίους, εἶτʼ εἰς Βάκτραν τὴν πόλιν, ἣ καὶ Ζαριάσπα καλεῖται, τρισχιλίους ὀκτακοσίους ἑβδομήκοντα, εἶτʼ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰαξάρτην ποταμόν, ἐφʼ ὃν Ἀλέξανδρος ἧκεν, ὡς πεντακισχιλίους· ὁμοῦ δισμύριοι δισχίλιοι ἑξακόσιοι ἑβδομήκοντα. λέγει δὲ καὶ οὕτω τὰ διαστήματα ἀπὸ Κασπίων πυλῶν εἰς Ἰνδούς· εἰς μὲν Ἑκατόμπυλον χιλίους ἐνακοσίους ἑξήκοντά φασιν, εἰς δʼ Ἀλεξάνδρειαν τὴν ἐν Ἀρίοις τετρακισχιλίους πεντακοσίους τριάκοντα, εἶτʼ εἰς Προφθασίαν τὴν ἐν Δραγγῇ χιλίους ἑξακοσίους, οἱ δὲ πεντακοσίους, εἶτʼ εἰς Ἀραχωτοὺς τὴν πόλιν τετρακισχιλίους ἑκατὸν εἴκοσιν, εἶτʼ εἰς Ὀρτόσπανα ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκ Βάκτρων τρίοδον δισχιλίους, εἶτʼ εἰς τὰ ὅρια τῆς Ἰνδικῆς χιλίους· ὁμοῦ μύριοι πεντακισχίλιοι τριακόσιοι. ἐπʼ εὐθείας δὲ τῷ διαστήματι τούτῳ τὸ συνεχὲς δεῖ νοεῖν, τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ μέχρι τῆς ἑῴας θαλάττης μῆκος τῆς Ἰνδικῆς. ταῦτα μὲν τὰ περὶ τοὺς Σάκας.
These are the distances which he gives. Stadia. From the Caspian Sea to the Cyrus about 1800 Thence to the Caspian Gates 5600 Thence to Alexandreia in the territory of the Arii 6400 Thence to the city Bactra, which is called also Zariaspa 3870 Thence to the river Iaxartes, which Alexander reached, about 5000 Making a total of 22,670
He also assigns the following distances from the Caspian Gates to India. Stadia. To Hecatompylos 1960 To Alexandreia in the country of the Arii (Ariana) 4530 Thence to Prophthasia in Dranga (or according to others 1500) 1600 Thence to the city Arachoti 4120 Thence to Ortospana on the three roads from Bactra 2000 Thence to the confines of India 1000 Which together amount to 15,300 We must regard as continuous with this distance, in a straight line, the length of India, reckoned from the Indus to the, Eastern Sea.
Thus much then respecting the Sacae.
Translations (3)
- The Geography of Strabo — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, English
- The Geography of Strabo (Loeb, books 6–14) — Horace Leonard Jones 1924, English
- Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature (Strabo, book 15) — John Watson McCrindle 1901, English