<head lang="la">VI. De Gallia</head><w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="teta%2Frth%7C">τετάρτῃ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="triakosth%3D%7C">τριακοστῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28istoriw%3Dn">Ἱστοριῶν</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Apurh%2Fnhn">Πυρήνην</w> <w lemma="fhsi%5Cn">φησὶν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Ana%2Frbwnos">Νάρβωνος</w> <w lemma="potamou%3D">ποταμοῦ</w> <w lemma="pedi%2Fon">πεδίον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w>, <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="fe%2Fresqai">φέρεσθαι</w> <w lemma="potamou%5Cs">ποταμοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ille%2Fberin">Ἰλλέβεριν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ro%2Fskunon">Ῥόσκυνον</w>, <w lemma="r%28e%2Fontas">ῥέοντας</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="o%28mwnu%2Fmous">ὁμωνύμους</w>, <w lemma="katoikoume%2Fnas">κατοικουμένας</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Akeltw%3Dn">Κελτῶν</w>.
<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="pedi%2Fw%7C">πεδίῳ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="legome%2Fnous">λεγομένους</w> <w lemma="i%29xqu%3Ds">ἰχθῦς</w> <w lemma="o%29ruktou%2Fs">ὀρυκτούς</w>.
<w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pedi%2Fon">πεδίον</w> <w lemma="lepto%2Fgeion">λεπτόγειον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pollh%5Cn">πολλὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fgrwstin">ἄγρωστιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxon">ἔχον</w> <w lemma="pefukui%3Dan:">πεφυκυῖαν·</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fmmou">διάμμου</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="gh%3Ds">γῆς</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fshs">οὔσης</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="ph%2Fxeis">πήχεις</w>, <w lemma="u%28porrei%3Dn">ὑπορρεῖν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="plazo%2Fmenon">πλαζόμενον</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="potamw%3Dn">ποταμῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fdwr">ὕδωρ</w>,
<w lemma="meq%27">μεθ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="i%29xqu%2Fes">ἰχθύες</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="parekxu%2Fseis">παρεκχύσεις</w> <w lemma="u%28potre%2Fxontes">ὑποτρέχοντες</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="gh%3Dn">γῆν</w> <w lemma="xa%2Frin">χάριν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="trofh%3Ds">τροφῆς</w> — <w lemma="filhdou%3Dsi">φιληδοῦσι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29grw%2Fstews">ἀγρώστεως</w> <w lemma="r%28i%2Fzh%7C">ῥίζῃ</w> — <w lemma="pepoih%2Fkasi">πεποιήκασι</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dn">πᾶν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pedi%2Fon">πεδίον</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dres">πλῆρες</w> <w lemma="i%29xqu%2Fwn">ἰχθύων</w> <w lemma="u%28pogei%2Fwn">ὑπογείων</w>, <w lemma="ou%28%5Cs">οὓς</w> <w lemma="a%29noru%2Fttontes">ἀνορύττοντες</w> <w lemma="lamba%2Fnousin">λαμβάνουσιν</w>. —
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2Aperi%5C">Περὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodanou%3D">Ῥοδανοῦ</w> <w lemma="stoma%2Ftwn">στομάτων</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <gap /><w lemma="e%29pitima%3D%7C">ἐπιτιμᾷ</w> <w lemma="%2Atimai%2Fw%7C">Τιμαίῳ</w>, <w lemma="fh%2Fsas">φήσας</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="penta%2Fstomon">πεντάστομον</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="di%2Fstomon">δίστομον</w>. —
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Ali%2Fghr">Λίγηρ</w> <w lemma="metacu%5C">μεταξὺ</w> <w lemma="%2Apikto%2Fnwn">Πικτόνων</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Anamnitw%3Dn">Ναμνιτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29kba%2Fllei">ἐκβάλλει</w>. <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Akorbilw%5Cn">Κορβιλὼν</w> <w lemma="u%28ph%3Drxen">ὑπῆρχεν</w> <w lemma="e%29mpo%2Frion">ἐμπόριον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="potamw%3D%7C">ποταμῷ</w>, <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Ds">ἧς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Frhke">εἴρηκε</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w>, <w lemma="mnhsqei%5Cs">μνησθεὶς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Apuqe%2Fou">Πυθέου</w> <w lemma="muqologhqe%2Fntwn">μυθολογηθέντων</w>,
<w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2Amassaliwtw%3Dn">Μασσαλιωτῶν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="summica%2Fntwn">συμμιξάντων</w> <w lemma="%2Askipi%2Fwni">Σκιπίωνι</w> <w lemma="ou%29dei%5Cs">οὐδεὶς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxe">εἶχε</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgein">λέγειν</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5Cn">οὐδὲν</w> <w lemma="mnh%2Fmhs">μνήμης</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fcion">ἄξιον</w>, <w lemma="e%29rwthqei%5Cs">ἐρωτηθεὶς</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Askipi%2Fwnos">Σκιπίωνος</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Abrettannikh%3Ds">Βρετταννικῆς</w>, <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="%2Ana%2Frbwnos">Νάρβωνος</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="%2Akorbilw%3Dnos">Κορβιλῶνος</w>, <w lemma="ai%28%2Fper">αἵπερ</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fristai">ἄρισται</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fth%7C">ταύτῃ</w>, <w lemma="%2Apuqe%2Fas">Πυθέας</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29qa%2Frrhse">ἐθάρρησε</w> <w lemma="tosau%3Dta">τοσαῦτα</w> <w lemma="yeu%2Fsasqai">ψεύσασθαι</w>. —
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2Afhsi%5C">Φησὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="i%29dio%2Fmorfo%2Fn">ἰδιόμορφόν</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="genna%3Dsqai">γεννᾶσθαι</w> <w lemma="zw%3D%7Con">ζῷον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="au%29tai%3Ds">αὐταῖς</w>, <w lemma="e%29lafoeide%5Cs">ἐλαφοειδὲς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sxh%3Dma">σχῆμα</w> <w lemma="plh%5Cn">πλὴν</w> <w lemma="au%29xe%2Fnos">αὐχένος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="trixw%2Fmatos">τριχώματος</w>, <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29oike%2Fnai">ἐοικέναι</w> <w lemma="ka%2Fprw%7C:">κάπρῳ·</w>
<w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="genei%2Fw%7C">γενείῳ</w> <w lemma="purh%3Dna">πυρῆνα</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fsxein">ἴσχειν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fson">ὅσον</w> <w lemma="spiqamiai%3Don">σπιθαμιαῖον</w> <w lemma="a%29kro%2Fkomon">ἀκρόκομον</w>, <w lemma="pwlikh%3Ds">πωλικῆς</w> <w lemma="ke%2Frkou">κέρκου</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fxos">πάχος</w>. —
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Feti">Ἔτι</w> <w lemma="fhsi%5C">φησὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28autou%3D">ἑαυτοῦ</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29akulhi%2Fan">Ἀκυληίαν</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Atauri%2Fskois">Ταυρίσκοις</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Anwrikoi%3Ds">Νωρικοῖς</w> <w lemma="eu%28reqh%3Dnai">εὑρεθῆναι</w> <w lemma="xrusei%3Don">χρυσεῖον</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftws">οὕτως</w> <w lemma="eu%29fue%5Cs">εὐφυὲς</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fst%27">ὥστ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="po%2Fdas">πόδας</w> <w lemma="a%29posu%2Franti">ἀποσύραντι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pipolh%3Ds">ἐπιπολῆς</w> <w lemma="gh%3Dn">γῆν</w> <w lemma="eu%29qu%5Cs">εὐθὺς</w> <w lemma="o%29rukto%5Cn">ὀρυκτὸν</w> <w lemma="eu%28ri%2Fskesqai">εὑρίσκεσθαι</w> <w lemma="xruso%2Fn">χρυσόν</w>.
<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Frugma">ὄρυγμα</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="pleio%2Fnwn">πλειόνων</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="pentekai%2Fdeka">πεντεκαίδεκα</w> <w lemma="podw%3Dn">ποδῶν</w>.
<w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="xrusou%3D">χρυσοῦ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%2Fqen">αὐτόθεν</w> <w lemma="kaqaro%2Fn">καθαρόν</w>, <w lemma="kua%2Fmou">κυάμου</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgeqos">μέγεθος</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="qe%2Frmou">θέρμου</w>, <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="o%29gdo%2Fou">ὀγδόου</w> <w lemma="me%2Frous">μέρους</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="a%29feyhqe%2Fntos">ἀφεψηθέντος</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dsqai">δεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="xwnei%2Fas">χωνείας</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fonos">πλείονος</w>, <w lemma="sfo%2Fdra">σφόδρα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="lusitelou%3Ds">λυσιτελοῦς</w>.
<w lemma="sunergasame%2Fnwn">συνεργασαμένων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="barbaroi%3Ds">βαρβαροῖς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29italiwtw%3Dn">Ἰταλιωτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="dimh%2Fnw%7C">διμήνῳ</w>, <w lemma="paraxrh%3Dma">παραχρῆμα</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="xrusi%2Fon">χρυσίον</w> <w lemma="eu%29wno%2Fteron">εὐωνότερον</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="tri%2Ftw%7C">τρίτῳ</w> <w lemma="me%2Frei">μέρει</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flhn">ὅλην</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan">Ἰταλίαν</w>.
<w lemma="ai%29sqome%2Fnous">αἰσθομένους</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Atauri%2Fskous">Ταυρίσκους</w> <w lemma="monopwlei%3Dn">μονοπωλεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29kbalo%2Fntas">ἐκβαλόντας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="sunergazome%2Fnous">συνεργαζομένους</w>. —
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29nh%5Cr">ἀνὴρ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="mege%2Fqous">μεγέθους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Falpewn">Ἄλπεων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fyous">ὕψους</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgwn">λέγων</w> <w lemma="paraba%2Fllei">παραβάλλει</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhsin">Ἕλλησιν</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Frh">ὄρη</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgista">μέγιστα</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Atau+%2Fgeton">Ταΰγετον</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Alu%2Fkaion">Λύκαιον</w>, <w lemma="%2Aparnasso%2Fn">Παρνασσόν</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29%2Folumpon">Ὄλυμπον</w>, <w lemma="%2Aph%2Flion">Πήλιον</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fossan">Ὄσσαν</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aqra%2F%7Ckh%7C">Θρᾴκῃ</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%28%3Dmon">Αἷμον</w>, <w lemma="%2A%28rodo%2Fphn">Ῥοδόπην</w>, <w lemma="%2Adou%2Fnaka">Δούνακα</w>.
<w lemma="kai%2F">καί</w> <w lemma="fhsin">φησιν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkaston">ἕκαστον</w> <w lemma="mikrou%3D">μικροῦ</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="au%29qhmero%5Cn">αὐθημερὸν</w> <w lemma="eu%29zw%2Fnois">εὐζώνοις</w> <w lemma="a%29nabh%3Dnai">ἀναβῆναι</w> <w lemma="dunato%2Fn">δυνατόν</w>, <w lemma="au%29qhmero%5Cn">αὐθημερὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="perielqei%3Dn">περιελθεῖν</w>,
<w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Falpeis">Ἄλπεις</w> <w lemma="ou%29d%27">οὐδ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="pemptai%3Dos">πεμπταῖος</w> <w lemma="a%29nabai%2Fh">ἀναβαίη</w> <w lemma="tis:">τις·</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mh%3Dko%2Fs">μῆκός</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="disxili%2Fwn">δισχιλίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diakosi%2Fwn">διακοσίων</w> <w lemma="stadi%2Fwn">σταδίων</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="parh%3Dkon">παρῆκον</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pedi%2Fa">πεδία</w>.
<w lemma="te%2Fttaras">τέτταρας</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28perba%2Fseis">ὑπερβάσεις</w> <w lemma="o%29noma%2Fzei">ὀνομάζει</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w>, <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Aligu%2Fwn">Λιγύων</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fggista">ἔγγιστα</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Aturrhnikw%3D%7C">Τυρρηνικῷ</w> <w lemma="pela%2Fgei">πελάγει</w>, <w lemma="ei%29%3Dta">εἶτα</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Atauri%2Fnwn">Ταυρίνων</w>, <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="dih%3Dlqen">διῆλθεν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29%3Dta">εἶτα</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Asalassw%3Dn">Σαλασσῶν</w>, <w lemma="teta%2Frthn">τετάρτην</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28raitw%3Dn">Ῥαιτῶν</w>, <w lemma="a%28pa%2Fsas">ἁπάσας</w> <w lemma="krhmnw%2Fdeis">κρημνώδεις</w>.
<w lemma="li%2Fmnas">λίμνας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai%2F">εἶναί</w> <w lemma="fhsin">φησιν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fresi">ὄρεσι</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w> <w lemma="me%2Fn">μέν</w>, <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flas">μεγάλας</w>, <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Abh%2Fnakos">Βήνακος</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxei">ἔχει</w> <w lemma="mh%3Dkos">μῆκος</w> <w lemma="pentakosi%2Fwn">πεντακοσίων</w> <w lemma="stadi%2Fwn">σταδίων</w>, <w lemma="pla%2Ftos">πλάτος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="e%28kato%5Cn">ἑκατὸν</w> <w lemma="tria%2Fkonta">τριάκοντα</w>, <w lemma="e%29krei%3D">ἐκρεῖ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="potamo%5Cs">ποταμὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Ami%2Fgkios:">Μίγκιος·</w>
<w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Ala%2Frios">Λάριος</w> <w lemma="tetrakosi%2Fwn">τετρακοσίων</w>, <w lemma="pla%2Ftos">πλάτος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="stenwte%2Fra">στενωτέρα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w>, <w lemma="e%29ci%2Fhsi">ἐξίησι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="potamo%5Cn">ποταμὸν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29adou%2Fan:">Ἀδούαν·</w>
<w lemma="tri%2Fth">τρίτη</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aou%29erbano%5Cs">Οὐερβανὸς</w> <w lemma="mh%3Dkos">μῆκος</w> <w lemma="e%29ggu%5Cs">ἐγγὺς</w> <w lemma="triakosi%2Fwn">τριακοσίων</w> <w lemma="stadi%2Fwn">σταδίων</w>, <w lemma="pla%2Ftos">πλάτος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tria%2Fkonta">τριάκοντα</w>, <w lemma="potamo%5Cn">ποταμὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="e%29ci%2Fhsi">ἐξίησι</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgan">μέγαν</w> <w lemma="%2Ati%2Fkinon">Τίκινον</w>. <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Apa%2Fdon">Πάδον</w> <w lemma="surre%2Fousi">συρρέουσι</w>.
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<head>VI. On Gaul</head>Polybius, in the Thirty-Fourth Book of his Histories says that after the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pyrenees&groupId=921&placeId=1650">Pyrenees</a> as far as the river <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Narbo&groupId=786&placeId=1423">Narbo</a> there is a plain traversed by the rivers <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Illeberis&groupId=646&placeId=1185">Illeberis</a> and Roscynus which pass towns of the same name inhabited by Celts. In this plain are found the so‑called underground fish. The plain has a light soil and a great deal of agrostis grows there. Under the plants, when the soil consists of sand to the depth of two or three cubits, the flood water of the rivers penetrates, and together with the water in flood-time certain fish descending in search of food — for they are very fond of the roots of the agrostis — make all the plain full of subterranean fish which they catch by digging them up. As regards the mouths of the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhone&groupId=933&placeId=1667">Rhone</a> Polybius finds fault with Timaeus. It has not, he says, five mouths, but only two. The Loire falls into the sea between the Pictones and the Namnitae. There was formerly a trading port called Corbilo on this river, which Polybius mentions in talking of the fictions of Pytheas. He says that none of the Massaliots who met Scipio and were questioned by him had any particular information to give him about <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Britain&groupId=409&placeId=759">Britain</a>, nor had the people from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Narbo&groupId=786&placeId=1423">Narbo</a>, or those from Corbilo, the finest cities in those parts, and yet Pytheas has boldly made so many false statements about it. Polybius says there is a peculiar animal in the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alps&groupId=313&placeId=609">Alps</a>, like a deer in form except its neck and coat, which are like a boar\'s. Under its chin it has a hard growth about a span long and with hairs at the end, about as thick as a colt's tail. Polybius says that in his time a gold mine was discovered not far from Aquileia in the country of the Noric Taurisci, so easy to work that when the earth on the surface was scraped off to the depth of two feet the diggers found gold at once. The deposit was not deeper than fifteen feet. The gold consisted partly of nuggets as big as a bean or lupine, which were pure gold when the eighth part only had been smelted off, and partly of stuff which required a good deal of smelting but was very rich. After the Italians had been working it together with the natives for two months, the price of gold throughout <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a> at once fell by one-third. But the Taurisci, when aware of this, expelled the other workers and made a monopoly of it. Polybius also in talking of the size and height of the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alps&groupId=313&placeId=609">Alps</a> compares with them the greatest mountains in Greece, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Taygetus&groupId=1009&placeId=1775">Taygetus</a>, Lycaeum, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Parnassus&groupId=844&placeId=1523">Parnassus</a>, Olympus, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pelion&groupId=855&placeId=1539">Pelion</a> and Ossa, and Haemus, Rhodope, and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Dunax in Thrace&groupId=546&placeId=1025">Dunax in Thrace</a>. He says that each of these can be ascended by a pedestrian in about one day and that the circuit of each may be made in the same time, but it takes at least five days to ascend the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alps&groupId=313&placeId=609">Alps</a>, and the length of that part of the chain which rises from the plain is two thousand two hundred stades. He only mentions four passes, one through <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Liguria&groupId=689&placeId=1259">Liguria</a> nearest the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Tyrrhenian Sea&groupId=1054&placeId=1856">Tyrrhenian Sea</a>, that through the country of the Taurini, which Hannibal crossed, that through the country of the Salassi, and that through Rhaetia, all very steep. He says there are several lakes in the mountains, three of them very large, Benacus (Garda) being five hundred stades long and thirty in breadth, the river Mincius flowing from it. Next comes Larius (Como), four hundred stades in length but narrower than the last, the Adda flowing from it. The third is Verbanus (Maggiore), three hundred stades long and thirty broad, from which a large river, the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Ticinus&groupId=1038&placeId=1828">Ticinus</a>, flows. All these streams fall into the Po.
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