[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) › [Γεωγραφικα](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo) › 15.1.9 # Γεωγραφικα 15.1.9 Γεωγραφικά 15.1.9 - **Language:** Ancient Greek ### [15.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.9) ̔́οτι δʼ ἐστὶ πλάσματα ταῦτα τῶν κολακευόντων Ἀλέξανδρον πρῶτον μὲν ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὁμολογεῖν ἀλλήλοις τοὺς συγγραφέας δῆλον, ἀλλὰ τοὺς μὲν λέγειν τοὺς δὲ μηδʼ ἁπλῶς μεμνῆσθαι· οὐ γὰρ εἰκὸς τὰ οὕτως ἔνδοξα καὶ τύφου πλήρη μὴ πεπύσθαι, ἢ πεπύσθαι μὲν μὴ ἄξια δὲ μνήμης ὑπολαβεῖν, καὶ ταῦτα τοὺς πιστοτάτους αὐτῶν· ἔπειτα ἐκ τοῦ μηδὲ τοὺς μεταξύ, διʼ ὧν ἐχρῆν τὴν ἐς Ἰνδοὺς ἄφιξιν γενέσθαι τοῖς περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον καὶ τὸν Ἡρακλέα, μηδὲν ἔχειν τεκμήριον δεικνύναι τῆς ἐκείνων ὁδοῦ διὰ τῆς σφετέρας γῆς. καὶ ἡ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους δὲ στολὴ ἡ τοιαύτη πολὺ νεωτέρα τῆς Τρωικῆς μνήμης ἐστί, πλάσμα τῶν τὴν Ἡράκλειαν ποιησάντων, εἴτε Πείσανδρος ἦν εἴτʼ ἄλλος τις· τὰ δʼ ἀρχαῖα ξόανα οὐχ οὕτω διεσκεύασται. > That these are the inventions of the flatterers of Alexander is evident, first, because the writers do not agree with one another, some of whom speak of these things; others make no mention of them whatever. For it is not probable, that actions so illustrious, and calculated to foster pride and vanity, should be unknown, or if known, that they should not be thought worthy of record, especially by writers of the greatest credit. > Besides, the intervening people, through whose country the armies of Bacchus and Hercules must have marched in their way to India, do not exhibit any proofs of their passage through the country. The kind of dress, too, of Hercules is much more recent than the memorials of Troy, an invention of those who composed the Heracleia (or exploits of Hercules,) whether it were Peisander or some one else who composed it. But the ancient wooden statues do not represent Hercules in that attire. > — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, The Geography of Strabo - [Previous: 15.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.8) - [Next: 15.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.10) - [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.15.1.9) — 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.15.1.9) — John Watson McCrindle 1901, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.economy.chandra-1977.c9.85) — Moti Chandra, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.1.9) · Pramāṇa