"Ἀρχόμενος γαῖάν τε καὶ εὐρέα πόντον ἀείδειν καὶ ποταμοὺς πόλιάς τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν ἄκριτα φῦλα, μνήσομαι Ὠκεανοῖο βαθυρρόου· ἐν γὰρ ἐκείνῳ πᾶσα χθὼν, ἅτε νῆσος ἀπείριτος, ἐστεφάνωται, οὐ μὲν πᾶσα διαπρὸ περίδρομος, ἀλλὰ διαμφὶς ὀξυτέρη βεβαυῖα πρὸς ἠελίοιο κελεύθους, σφενδόνῃ εἰοικυῖα· μίαν δέ ἑ καίπερ ἐοῦσαν ἄνθρωποι τρισσῇσιν ἐπ’ ἠπείροισι δάσαντο· πρώτην μέν Λιβύην, μετὰ δʼ Εὐρώπην Ἀσίην τε."
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Orbis Descriptio, ch. 1, sec. 1, translated by J. L. Lightfoot, Description of the Known World (Oxford UP, 2014) p. 201
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Dionysius Periegetes (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Περιηγητής; Latin: Dionysius Periegeta, 'Dionysius the Voyager') was the author of a description of the then-known world in Greek hexameter verse. He is believed to have been from Alexandria and to have lived around the time of Hadrian (r. 117–138), though some date his lifetime as late as the end of the 3rd century.
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