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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.58.36–I.49.58.37
Ancient Greek
p. 145258.36
Ἐντεῦθεν δὲ πάλιν κατὰ τῆς γῆς, τὰ μὲν μακροτέρους τόπους περιελθόντα καὶ πλείους, τὰ δὲ ἐλάττους καὶ βραχυτέρους, πάλιν εἰς τὸν Τάρταρον ἐμβάλλει, τὰ μὲν πολὺ κατωτέρω ἢ ἐπηντλεῖτο, τὰ δὲ ὀλίγον· πάντα δὲ ὑποκάτω εἰσρεῖ τῆς ἐκροῆς. Καὶ ἔνια μὲν καταντικρὺ ᾗ ἐξέπεσεν, ἔνια δὲ κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ μέρος·
58.37
Ἔστι δὲ ἃ παντάπασι κύκλῳ περιελθόντα, ἢ ἅπαξ ἢ καὶ πλεονάκις περιελιχθέντα περὶ τὴν γῆν ὥσπερ οἱ ὄφεις, εἰς τὸ δυνατὸν κάτω καθέντα πάλιν ἐμβάλλει. Δυνατὸν δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἑκατέρωσε μέχρι τοῦ μέσου καθιέναι, πέρα δ᾽ οὔ· ἄναντες γὰρ ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς ῥεύμασι τὸ ἑκατέρωθεν γίγνεται μέρος.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 145358.36 · The waters return by different routes
“From there, back beneath the earth, some waters travel through longer and more numerous regions, others through fewer and shorter ones, and discharge again into Tartarus. Some enter much lower than the place from which they were poured out, others only a little lower; all enter below their outflow. Some return directly opposite the place where they emerged, others on the same side.”1740
58.37 · Winding streams and the central limit
“Some go all the way around, winding once or several times around the earth like snakes, and descend as far as possible before discharging again. From either side they can descend as far as the center, but no farther, for the region on the other side becomes uphill for each of the two flows.”1741
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