[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) › 15.1.72 # Γεωγραφικά 15.1.72 Γεωγραφικά 15.1.72 - **Language:** Ancient Greek ### [15.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.72) Ἀρτεμίδωρος δὲ τὸν Γάγγην φησὶν ἐκ τῶν Ἠμωδῶν ὀρῶν καταφερόμενον πρὸς νότον, ἐπειδὰν κατὰ τὴν Γάγγην γένηται πόλιν, ἐπιστρέφειν πρὸς ἕω μέχρι Παλιβόθρων καὶ τῆς εἰς τὴν θάλατταν ἐκβολῆς· τῶν δὲ συρρεόντων εἰς αὐτὸν \* Οἰδάνην τινὰ καλεῖ· τρέφειν δὲ καὶ κροκοδείλους καὶ δελφῖνας· λέγει δὲ καὶ ἄλλα τινά, συγκεχυμένως δὲ καὶ ἀργῶς, ὧν οὐ φροντιστέον. προσθείη δʼ ἄν τις τούτοις καὶ τὰ παρὰ τοῦ Δαμασκηνοῦ Νικολάου. > Artemidorus says that the Ganges descends from the Emoda mountains and proceeds towards the south; when it arrives at the city Ganges, it turns to the east, and keeps this direction as far as Palibothra, and the mouth by which it discharges itself into the sea. He calls one of the rivers which flow into it Oedanes, which breeds crocodiles and dolphins. Some other circumstances besides are mentioned by him, but in so confused and negligent a manner that they are not to be regarded. To these accounts may be added that of Nicolaus Damascenus. > — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, The Geography of Strabo - [Previous: 15.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.71) - [Next: 15.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.73) - [Up: 15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Geography of Strabo](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo~en-hamilton-falconer.15.1.72) — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, English - [Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature (Strabo, book 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo~en-mccrindle.15.1.72) — John Watson McCrindle 1901, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.72) · Pramāṇa