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Posidonius
Fragments on Customs and Wars Carrier unit 98b
Carrier unit 119 of 197
Canonical reference F.98b
Ancient Greek
EUST. Dion. Per. 1: .... προμήκης .... δίκην σφενδόνης. τοιαύτη γὰρ τὸ σχῆμα ἡ οἰκουμένη γῆ, καθὰ καὶ Ποσειδωνίωι δοκεῖ· διὸ καὶ εἰς δύο κώνους τέμνεται ἡ οἰκουμένη, ὡς ἐν τοῖς μετὰ ταῦτα ἐρεῖ ὁ Διονύσιος, ὧν εἷς μὲν ὁ ἀποτελῶν τὴν Ἀσίαν, εἷς δὲ ὁ ἐκ τῆς Εὐρώπης καὶ τῆς Λιβύης ἀπαρτιζόμενος. τῆς δὲ τοιαύτης οἰκουμενικῆς σφενδόνης τὰ ὀξύτερα μὲν πρός τε τῆι ἀνατολῆι ἐστι καὶ πρὸς τῆι δύσει, ἃ δὴ κελεύθους ἠελίου καλεῖ, τὰ εὐρύτερα δὲ πρός τε τῶι ἀρκτώωι κεῖται μέρει καὶ τῶι νοτίωι, ὥστε τῶν δύο κώνων ὁμοῦ κατὰ τὰς βάσεις ὄντων τὸ μὲν κατὰ τὰς κορυφὰς ὀξὺ πρὸς ἕω κεῖσθαι καὶ δυσμάς, τὸ δὲ κατὰ τὰς βάσεις εὐρὺ πρὸς νότον καὶ βορρᾶν.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
EUSTATHIUS, Commentary on Dionysius Periegetes 1: .... oblong .... like a sling. For such is the shape of the inhabited earth, as Posidonius also believes. Hence the inhabited world is also divided into two cones, as Dionysius will say later, one of which forms Asia, while the other is composed of Europe and Libya. Of this sling-shaped inhabited world, the narrower points are toward the east and the west, which he calls the paths of the sun, while the broader parts lie toward the north and the south. Thus, when the two cones are joined at their bases, the part at their vertices lies narrow toward east and west, and the part at their bases lies broad toward south and north.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
EUSTATHE, Commentaire sur la Description du monde de Denys, 1 : [...] oblongue [...] à la manière d’une fronde. Telle est en effet la forme de la terre habitée, selon Posidonius également. C’est pourquoi la terre habitée est divisée en deux cônes, comme Denys le dira dans la suite : l’un forme l’Asie, l’autre se compose de l’Europe et de la Libye. Dans cette fronde que constitue la terre habitée, les parties les plus pointues sont à l’orient et à l’occident, qu’il appelle précisément les « chemins du soleil », tandis que les parties les plus larges se trouvent du côté de l’Arctique et du côté du sud. Ainsi, les deux cônes étant réunis par leurs bases, leurs sommets pointus sont orientés vers l’est et l’ouest, et leurs bases larges vers le sud et le nord.
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