<head lang="la">VII. De Italia</head><w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fforon">διάφορον</w> <w lemma="oi%29%3Dnon">οἶνον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Akapu%2Fh%7C">Καπύῃ</w> <w lemma="fhsi%5C">φησὶ</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29nadendri%2Fthn">ἀναδενδρίτην</w> <w lemma="kalou%2Fmenon">καλούμενον</w>, <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="mhde%2Fna">μηδένα</w> <w lemma="sugkri%2Fnesqai">συγκρίνεσθαι</w>. —
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2Afhsi%5C">Φησὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="pezh%3D%7C">πεζῇ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="parali%2Fan">παραλίαν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29iapugi%2Fas">Ἰαπυγίας</w> <w lemma="me%2Fxri">μέχρι</w> <w lemma="porqmou%3D">πορθμοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="trisxili%2Fwn">τρισχιλίων</w> <w lemma="stadi%2Fwn">σταδίων</w>, <w lemma="klu%2Fzesqai">κλύζεσθαι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikelikw%3D%7C">Σικελικῷ</w> <w lemma="pela%2Fgei">πελάγει</w>, <w lemma="ple%2Fonti">πλέοντι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pentakosi%2Fwn">πεντακοσίων</w> <w lemma="de%2Fousan">δέουσαν</w>. —
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2Ath%3Ds">Τῆς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aturrhni%2Fas">Τυρρηνίας</w> <w lemma="mh%3Dkos">μῆκος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgiston">μέγιστον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai%2F">εἶναί</w> <w lemma="fasi">φασι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="parali%2Fan">παραλίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Alou%2Fnhs">Λούνης</w> <w lemma="me%2Fxri">μέχρι</w> <w lemma="%2A%29wsti%2Fwn">Ὠστίων</w> <w lemma="disxili%2Fwn">δισχιλίων</w> <w lemma="pou">που</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</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="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="h%28mi%2Fsous">ἡμίσους</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flatton">ἔλαττον</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fresin">ὄρεσιν</w>. <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="%2Api%2Fsas">Πίσας</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Alou%2Fnhs">Λούνης</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="tetrakosi%2Fwn">τετρακοσίων</w> <w lemma="stadi%2Fwn">σταδίων</w> <w lemma="ei%29si%2Fn">εἰσίν</w>, <w lemma="e%29nteu%3Dqen">ἐντεῦθεν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Aou%29olate%2Frras">Οὐολατέρρας</w> <w lemma="diako%2Fsioi">διακόσιοι</w> <w lemma="o%29gdoh%2Fkonta">ὀγδοήκοντα</w>, <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29nqe%2Fnde">ἐνθένδε</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Apoplw%2Fnion">Ποπλώνιον</w> <w lemma="diako%2Fsioi">διακόσιοι</w> <w lemma="e%28bdomh%2Fkonta">ἑβδομήκοντα</w>, <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Apoplwni%2Fou">Ποπλωνίου</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Fsan">Κόσαν</w> <w lemma="e%29ggu%5Cs">ἐγγὺς</w> <w lemma="o%29ktako%2Fsioi">ὀκτακόσιοι</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="e%28cako%2Fsioi%2F">ἑξακόσιοί</w> <w lemma="fasi">φασι</w>. <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="eu%29%3D">εὖ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="xili%2Fous">χιλίους</w> <w lemma="triakosi%2Fous">τριακοσίους</w> <w lemma="tria%2Fkonta">τριάκοντα</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgei">λέγει</w>. — <w lemma="%2Aai%29qa%2Flh">Αἰθάλη</w>, <w lemma="nh%3Dsos">νῆσος</w> <w lemma="%2Aturshnw%3Dn">Τυρσηνῶν</w> .
<w lemma=""></w> <gap /><w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="triakosth%3D%7C">τριακοστῇ</w> <w lemma="teta%2Frth%7C">τετάρτῃ</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgei">λέγει</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29qa%2Fleian">Αἰθάλειαν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Alh%3Dmnon">Λῆμνον</w> <w lemma="kalei%3Dsqai">καλεῖσθαι</w>. — <w lemma="%2Akalou%3Dsi">Καλοῦσι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Akrath%3Dra">Κρατῆρα</w>,
<w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Amishnou%3D">Μισηνοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fxri">μέχρι</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aqhnai%2Fou">Ἀθηναίου</w>, <w lemma="duei%3Dn">δυεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29krwthri%2Fwn">ἀκρωτηρίων</w>, <w lemma="kolpou%2Fmenon">κολπούμενον</w>. <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="h%29%7Co%2Fnwn">ᾐόνων</w> <w lemma="%2Akampani%2Fa">Καμπανία</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsa">πᾶσα</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fdrutai">ἵδρυται</w>, <w lemma="pedi%2Fon">πεδίον</w> <w lemma="eu%29daimone%2Fstaton">εὐδαιμονέστατον</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%28pa%2Fntwn">ἁπάντων</w> .
<w lemma=""></w> <gap /><w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="fhsi">φησι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="%2A%29opikou%5Cs">Ὀπικοὺς</w> <w lemma="oi%29kh%3Dsai">οἰκῆσαι</w>, <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aau%29%2Fsonas">Αὔσονας</w> <w lemma="kalei%3Dsqai">καλεῖσθαι</w>.
<w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29mfai%2Fnei">ἐμφαίνει</w> <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqnh">ἔθνη</w> <w lemma="nomi%2Fzwn">νομίζων</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta:">ταῦτα·</w> <w lemma="%2A%29opikou%5Cs">Ὀπικοὺς</w> <w lemma="ga%2Fr">γάρ</w> <w lemma="fhsi">φησι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aau%29%2Fsonas">Αὔσονας</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%3Dn">οἰκεῖν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Akrath%3Dra">Κρατῆρα</w>. — <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29iapugi%2Fas">Ἰαπυγίας</w> <w lemma="memilia%2Fsqai">μεμιλιάσθαι</w> <w lemma="fhsi%2F">φησί</w>,
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="mi%2Flia">μίλια</w> <w lemma="pentako%2Fsia">πεντακόσια</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%2Fkonta">ἑξήκοντα</w> <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> ?<w lemma="si%2Flan">σίλαν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w>, <w lemma="e%29nteu%3Dqen">ἐντεῦθεν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29akulhi%2Fan">Ἀκυληίαν</w> <w lemma="e%28kato%5Cn">ἑκατὸν</w> <w lemma="e%28bdomh%2Fkonta">ἑβδομήκοντα</w> <w lemma="o%29ktw%2F">ὀκτώ</w>. — <w lemma="%2Ameta%5C">Μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Ftas">ταύτας</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Alaki%2Fnion">Λακίνιον</w>,
<w lemma="%2A%28%2Fhras">Ἥρας</w> <w lemma="i%28ero%2Fn">ἱερόν</w>, <w lemma="plou%2Fsio%2Fn">πλούσιόν</w> <w lemma="pote">ποτε</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frcan">ὑπάρξαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pollw%3Dn">πολλῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29naqhma%2Ftwn">ἀναθημάτων</w> <w lemma="mesto%2Fn">μεστόν</w>.
<w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="dia%2Frmata">διάρματα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="eu%29krinw%3Ds">εὐκρινῶς</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgetai:">λέγεται·</w> <w lemma="plh%5Cn">πλὴν</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fs">ὥς</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="stadi%2Fous">σταδίους</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="porqmou%3D">πορθμοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fxri">μέχρι</w> <w lemma="%2Alakini%2Fou">Λακινίου</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="a%29podi%2Fdwsi">ἀποδίδωσι</w> <w lemma="xili%2Fous">χιλίους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="triakosi%2Fous">τριακοσίους</w>,
<w lemma="e%29nteu%3Dqen">ἐντεῦθεν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="di%2Farma">δίαρμα</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fkran">ἄκραν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29iapugi%2Fan">Ἰαπυγίαν</w> <w lemma="e%28ptakosi%2Fous">ἑπτακοσίους</w>. —
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbios">Πολύβιος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="triw%3Dn">τριῶν</w> <w lemma="krath%2Frwn">κρατήρων</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="katerruhke%2Fnai">κατερρυηκέναι</w> <w lemma="fhsi%5Cn">φησὶν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="me%2Frous">μέρους</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="summe%2Fnein:">συμμένειν·</w>
<w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgiston">μέγιστον</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dlos">χεῖλος</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="perifere%5Cs">περιφερὲς</w> <w lemma="o%29%5Cn">ὂν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fnte">πέντε</w> <w lemma="stadi%2Fwn">σταδίων</w>, <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgon">ὀλίγον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="suna%2Fgesqai">συνάγεσθαι</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="penth%2Fkonta">πεντήκοντα</w> <w lemma="podw%3Dn">ποδῶν</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fmetron:">διάμετρον·</w>
<w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="ba%2Fqos">βάθος</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fxri">μέχρι</w> <w lemma="qala%2Ftths">θαλάττης</w> <w lemma="stadiai%3Don">σταδιαῖον</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="kaqora%3Dn">καθορᾶν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="nhnemi%2Fais">νηνεμίαις</w>. [<w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dt%27">ταῦτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29sti%5C">ἐστὶ</w> <w lemma="pista%2F">πιστά</w>, <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="a%29pisthte%2Fon">ἀπιστητέον</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fsws">ἴσως</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29empedokle%2Fous">Ἐμπεδοκλέους</w> <w lemma="muqologhqei%3Dsin">μυθολογηθεῖσιν</w>.
] <w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="no%2Ftos">νότος</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllh%7C">μέλλῃ</w> <w lemma="pnei%3Dn">πνεῖν</w>, <w lemma="a%29xlu%5Cn">ἀχλὺν</w> <w lemma="o%28mixlw%2Fdh">ὁμιχλώδη</w> <w lemma="kataxei%3Dsqai">καταχεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="ku%2Fklw%7C">κύκλῳ</w> <w lemma="fhsi%5C">φησὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="nhsi%3Ddos">νησῖδος</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="mhde%5C">μηδὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fan">Σικελίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fpwqen">ἄπωθεν</w> <w lemma="fai%2Fnesqai:">φαίνεσθαι·</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Ftan">ὅταν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="bore%2Fas">βορέας</w>,
<w lemma="flo%2Fgas">φλόγας</w> <w lemma="kaqara%5Cs">καθαρὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="lexqe%2Fntos">λεχθέντος</w> <w lemma="krath%3Dros">κρατῆρος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fyos">ὕψος</w> <w lemma="e%29cai%2Fresqai">ἐξαίρεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="bro%2Fmous">βρόμους</w> <w lemma="e%29kpe%2Fmpesqai">ἐκπέμπεσθαι</w> <w lemma="mei%2Fzous:">μείζους·</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ze%2Ffuron">ζέφυρον</w> <w lemma="me%2Fshn">μέσην</w> <w lemma="tina%5C">τινὰ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fcin">τάξιν</w>.
<w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllous">ἄλλους</w> <w lemma="krath%3Dras">κρατῆρας</w> <w lemma="o%28moeidei%3Ds">ὁμοειδεῖς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w>, <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fa%7C">βίᾳ</w> <w lemma="lei%2Fpesqai">λείπεσθαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nafushma%2Ftwn:">ἀναφυσημάτων·</w>
<w lemma="e%29%2Fk">ἔκ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="diafora%3Ds">διαφορᾶς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="bro%2Fmwn">βρόμων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fqen">πόθεν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frxetai">ἄρχεται</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="a%29nafush%2Fmata">ἀναφυσήματα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ai%28">αἱ</w> <w lemma="flo%2Fges">φλόγες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ai%28">αἱ</w> <w lemma="lignu%2Fes">λιγνύες</w> <w lemma="proshmai%2Fnesqai">προσημαίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fran">ἡμέραν</w> <w lemma="tri%2Fthn">τρίτην</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllonta">μέλλοντα</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fnemon">ἄνεμον</w> <w lemma="pnei%3Dn">πνεῖν</w>.
<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="gou%3Dn">γοῦν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Alipa%2Frais">Λιπάραις</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnhs">γενομένης</w> <w lemma="a%29ploi%2Fas">ἀπλοίας</w> <w lemma="proeipei%3Dn">προειπεῖν</w> <w lemma="tina%2Fs">τινάς</w> <w lemma="fhsi">φησι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29so%2Fmenon">ἐσόμενον</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fnemon">ἄνεμον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="diayeu%2Fsasqai">διαψεύσασθαι</w>.
<w lemma="a%29f%27">ἀφ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="muqwde%2Fstaton">μυθωδέστατον</w> <w lemma="dokou%3Dn">δοκοῦν</w> <w lemma="ei%29rh%3Dsqai">εἰρῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="poihth%3D%7C">ποιητῇ</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fthn">μάτην</w> <w lemma="fai%2Fnesqai">φαίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="lexqe%2Fn">λεχθέν</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="ai%29nicame%2Fnou">αἰνιξαμένου</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29lh%2Fqeian">ἀλήθειαν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Ftan">ὅταν</w> <w lemma="fh%3D%7C">φῇ</w> <w lemma="tami%2Fan">ταμίαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fmwn">ἀνέμων</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29%2Folon">Αἴολον</w>.
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<head>Islands Off the Italian Coast</head>There is an excellent wine made at Capua called<term>Anadendrites,</term>or the "wine of the climbing vine," with which no other can compare. . . .The length of the coast from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Iapygia&groupId=642&placeId=1176">Iapygia</a> to the<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note30">Capuan wine.</note>straits is three thousand stades by land, and it is washed by the Sicilian sea. Sailing, however, the distance is less than five hundred stades. . . .The largest distance of the Etrurian coast is from Luna to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Ostia&groupId=822&placeId=1483">Ostia</a>, a distance of one thousand three hundred and thirty stades.<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note31">Strabo corrects this, saying that the distance is 3000 stades.</note>. . .The island <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lemnos&groupId=676&placeId=1237">Lemnos</a> is called Aethaleia. . . .The bay between the two promontories of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Misenum&groupId=772&placeId=1398">Misenum</a> and<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note32">The Bay of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Naples&groupId=785&placeId=1422">Naples</a>.</note>Minerva is called the Crater (the Bowl). Above this coast lies the whole of Campania, the most fertile plain in the country. Round the Bowl live the Opici and the Ausones. . . .The north road from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Iapygia&groupId=642&placeId=1176">Iapygia</a> has been<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note33">Eastern coast-road from S. to N. of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a>.</note>marked out with miles, five hundred and sixty to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sena&groupId=968&placeId=1716">Sena</a>, and one hundred and seventy thence to Aquileia. . . .Then comes Lacinium . . . from the straits to this place<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note34">The Lacinian promontory.</note>is a distance of one thousand three hundred stades, and thence to the Iapygian promontory seven hundred. . . .Of the three craters one has partly fallen in, the other two<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note35">The craters in the volcanic Holy Island one of the Lipari group.</note>remain perfect. The largest has a circular orifice with a circumference of five stades, but it gradually contracts to a diameter of fifty feet; it runs right down to the sea for a stade, so that the sea is visible in clear weather. When a south wind is about to blow, a thick mist envelopes the little island, so that even <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a> is invisible from it: but if there is going to be a north wind, bright flames rise from the crater and shoot up high, and louder rumblings are emitted; but a west wind causes a medium display of both. The other two craters are of the same shape, but their eruptions are less violent. From the<pb n="491" />difference in the sound of the rumbling, and by observing from what point the eruptions and flames and smoke begin, the wind which is to blow on the third day from that time can be foretold. At least, some men in the Lipari Islands when weather-bound have foretold what wind was coming and have not been deceived. Therefore, it appears that Homer did not speak without meaning, but was stating a truth allegorically when he called Aeolus<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note36">The islands were called also<foreign lang="la">Vulcaniae</foreign>and<foreign lang="la">Aeoliae.</foreign></note>"steward of the winds." . . .
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