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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.45.17–I.49.45.18
Ancient Greek
p. 133245.17
Καὶ πρὸς μὲν τῷ νότῳ τοῦ παντὸς κειμένην ἔχει τὴν κεφαλήν, πρὸς δὲ τῷ ἀπηλιώτῃ ⟨τὸν⟩ δεξιὸν ὦμον, ⟨πρὸς δὲ τῷ λιβὶ τὸν εὐώνυμον⟩, ὑπὸ τῆς ἄρκτου τοὺς πόδας, ⟨τὸν μὲν δεξιὸν ὑπὸ τὴν οὐράν,⟩ τὸν δὲ εὐώνυμον ὑπὸ τὴν κεφαλὴν τῆς ἄρκτου· τοὺς δὲ μηροὺς ἐν τοῖς μετὰ τὴν ἄρκτον· τὰ δὲ μέσα ἐν τοῖς μέσοις.
45.18
Καὶ τούτου σημεῖόν ἐστι τὸ τοὺς μὲν νοτιαίους τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ κορυφῇ οἰκοῦντας εὐκορύφους καὶ καλλίτριχας, τοὺς δὲ ἀπηλιωτικοὺς πρὸς μάχην προχείρους εἶναι καὶ τοξικούς (αἰτία γὰρ τούτων ἡ δεξιὰ χείρ ἐστι)· τοὺς δ᾽ ἐν τῷ λιβὶ ἀσφαλεῖς εἶναι [καὶ] ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἀριστερομάχους καὶ ὅσον ἄλλοι τῷ δεξιῷ μέρει ἐνεργοῦσιν αὐτοὺς τῷ εὐωνύμῳ προστιθεμένους·
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 133345.17 · Earth’s limbs and the directions
She has her head lying toward the south of the universe, ⟨her⟩ right shoulder toward the east, ⟨and her left toward the southwest⟩; her feet are beneath the Bear, ⟨the right beneath its tail,⟩ and the left beneath its head. Her thighs lie in the regions next after the Bear, and her middle parts in the middle regions.1610
45.18 · The peoples at the head and shoulders
A sign of this is that the southerners, who dwell at the crown of the head, have fine heads and beautiful hair, while the eastern peoples are ready for battle and skilled in archery, the right hand being the cause of these qualities. Those in the southwest are steadfast [and], for the most part, fight with the left hand; whatever others accomplish with the right side, they apply themselves to with the left;1611
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