Γεωγραφικά 2.3.8
Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature (Strabo, book 15) 2.3.8
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2.3.8
II. iii. 8. First, then, Ethiopians next Egypt are actually separated into two divisions, one part being in Asia, the other in Libya; otherwise there is no distinction between them. But it was not on this account that Homer divided the Ethiopians, nor yet because he was acquainted with the physical superiority of the Indians (for it is not probable that Homer had the slightest idea of the Indians, since, according to the assertion of Eudoxus, Euergetes was both ignorant of India and of the voyage thither), but his division rather resulted from the cause we formerly mentioned.