[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) › 2.1.28 # Γεωγραφικά 2.1.28 Γεωγραφικά 2.1.28 - **Language:** Ancient Greek ### [2.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.2.1.28) Ἐροῦμεν δʼ ὅτι, εἰ μὲν ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς μεσημβρινῆς εὐθείας ἐπʼ ἀκριβὲς ἐλαμβάνοντο αἵ τε Κάσπιοι πύλαι καὶ οἱ ὅροι τῶν Καρμανίων καὶ Περσῶν, πρὸς ὀρθάς τε ἤγοντο ἀπὸ τῆς λεχθείσης μεσημβρινῆς εὐθείας ἥ τε ἐπὶ Θάψακον καὶ ἡ ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα, συνέβαινεν ἂν τοῦτο. ἡ γὰρ προσεκβαλλομένη τῇ διὰ Βαβυλῶνος μέχρι τῆς διὰ Θαψάκου εὐθείας μεσημβρινῆς ἴση ἂν ἦν πρὸς αἴσθησιν ἢ πάρισός γε τῇ ἀπὸ Κασπίων πυλῶν εἰς Θάψακον, ὥστε τῇ ὑπεροχῇ ἐγίνετʼ ἂν ἀνατολικωτέρα ἡ Βαβυλὼν τῆς Θαψάκου, ᾗ ὑπερέχει ἡ ἐκ Κασπίων πυλῶν εἰς Θάψακον τῆς ἐκ τῶν Καρμανίων ὅρων εἰς Βαβυλῶνα. ἀλλʼ οὔτε τὴν διορίζουσαν γραμμὴν ἑσπέριον πλευρὸν τῆς Ἀριανῆς ἐπὶ μεσημβρινοῦ κειμένην εἴρηκεν Ἐρατοσθένης, οὔτε τὴν ἀπὸ Κασπίων πυλῶν ἐπὶ Θάψακον πρὸς ὀρθὰς τῇ διὰ τῶν Κασπίων πυλῶν μεσημβρινῇ, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον τὴν τῷ ὄρει γραφομένην, πρὸς ἣν ἡ ἐπὶ Θάψακον γωνίαν ποιεῖ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ σημείου κατηγμένη ἀφʼ οὗ καὶ ἡ τοῦ ὄρους γραμμή· οὔθʼ ἡ ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα ἠγμένη ἀπὸ τῆς Καρμανίας παράλληλος εἴρηται τῇ ἐπὶ Θάψακον ἠγμένῃ· οὐδʼ εἰ παράλληλος ἦν, μὴ ὀρθὰς δὲ τῇ διὰ Κασπίων πυλῶν μεσημβρινῇ, οὐδὲν ἂν ἐγίνετο πλέον πρὸς τὸν συλλογισμόν. > We answer, that if the Caspian Gates and the boundary line of Carmania and Persia were exactly under the same meridian, and if right lines drawn in the direction of Thapsacus and Babylon would intersect such meridian at right angles, the inference would be just. For then the line \[from the common frontier of Carmania and Persia\] to Babylon if produced to the meridian of Thapsacus, would appear to the eye equal, or nearly equal, to that from the Caspian Gates to Thapsacus. Consequently, Babylon would only be east of Thapsacus in the same proportion as the line drawn from the Caspian Gates to Thapsacus exceeds the line drawn from the frontier of Carmania to Babylon. Eratosthenes, however, does not tell us that the line which bounds the western coast of Ariana follows the direction of the meridian; nor yet that a line drawn from the Caspian Gates to Thapsacus would form right angles with the meridian of the Caspian Gates. But rather, that the line which would form right angles with the meridian, would be one which should follow the course of the Taurus, and with which the line drawn from the Caspian Gates to Thapsacus would form an acute angle. Nor, again, does he ever say that a line drawn from Carmania to Babylon would be parallel to that drawn \[from the Caspian Gates\] to Thapsacus; and even if it were parallel, this would prove nothing for the argument of Hipparchus, since it does not form right angles with the meridian of the Caspian Gates. > — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, The Geography of Strabo - [Previous: 2.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.2.1.27) - [Next: 2.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.2.1.29) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.2.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Geography of Strabo](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo~en-hamilton-falconer.2.1.28) — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.2.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.2.1.28) · Pramāṇa