Bekker (Berlin, 1831) · Forster (1913)
Forster (1913)
Chapter 1 (973a1–973b25)
973a
1 Βορρᾶς. οὗτος ἐν μὲν Μαλλῷ Παγρεύς· πνεῖ γὰρ ἀπὸ
κρημνῶν μεγάλων καὶ ὀρῶν διπλῶν παρ' ἄλληλα κειμένων,
ἃ καλεῖται Παγρικά. ἐν δὲ Καύνῳ Μέσης. ἐν δὲ
Ῥόδῳ Καυνίας· πνεῖ γὰρ ἀπὸ Καύνου, ἐνοχλῶν τὸν λιμένα
5 αὐτῶν τὸν ἀκανίαν. ἐν δὲ Ὀλβίᾳ τῇ κατὰ Μύγαλον
τῆς Παμφυλίας Γαυρεύς· πνεῖ γὰρ ἀπὸ νήσου ἣ καλεῖται
Γαυρίς. τινὲς δὲ αὐτὸν βορρᾶν οἴονται εἶναι, ἐν οἷς
καὶ Λυρναντεῖς οἱ κατὰ Φασηλίδα. Καικίας. οὗτος ἐν
μὲν Λέσβῳ καλεῖται Θηβάνας· πνεῖ γὰρ ἀπὸ Θήβης πεδίου
10 τοῦ ὑπὲρ τὸν Ἐλαιατικὸν κόλπον τῆς Μυσίας, ἐνοχλεῖ
δὲ τὸν Μιτυληναίων λιμένα, μάλιστα δὲ τὸν Μαλόεντα·
παρὰ δὲ αἰκαυνίαις, ὃν ἄλλοι βορρᾶν οἴονται εἶναι.
Ἀπηλιώτης. οὗτος ἐν μὲν Τριπόλει τῆς Φοινίκης Ποταμεὺς
καλεῖται, πνεῖ δὲ ἐκ πεδίου ὁμοίου ἅλωνι μεγάλῃ, περιεχομένου
15 ὑπό τε τοῦ Λιβάνου καὶ τοῦ Βαπύρου ὄρους· παρὸ καὶ
Ποταμεὺς καλεῖται. ἐνοχλεῖ δὲ τὸ Ποσειδώνειον. ἐν δὲ
τῷ Ἰσσικῷ κόλπῳ καὶ περὶ Ῥωσσὸν Συριάνδος· πνεῖ δὲ
ἀπὸ τῶν Συρίων πυλῶν, ἃς διέστηκεν ὅ τε Ταῦρος καὶ
Ταυρόσια ὄρη. ἐν δὲ τῷ Τριπολιτικῷ κόλπῳ Μαρσεύς,
20 ἀπὸ Μάρσου κώμης. ἐν δὲ Προκοννήσῳ καὶ ἐν Τέῳ καὶ ἐν
Κρήτῃ καὶ Εὐβοίᾳ καὶ Κυρήνῃ Ἑλλησποντίας. μάλιστα δὲ
ἐνοχλεῖ τόν τε τῆς Εὐβοίας Καφηρέα καὶ τὸν Κυρηναῖον
λιμένα, καλούμενον δὲ Ἀπολλωνίαν· πνεῖ δὲ ἀφ' Ἑλλησπόντου.
ἐν δὲ Σινώπῃ Βερεκυντίας ἀπὸ τῶν κατὰ Φρυγίαν
25 τόπων πνέων. ἐν δὲ Σικελίᾳ Καταπορθμίας, πνέων
1Boreas (the North Wind). At Mallus this wind is called 9737 Pagreus; for it blows from the high cliffs and two parallel ranges known as the Pagrean Mountains, At Caunus it is called...
Meses? (the North-North-East Wind).... In Rhodes it is known as Caunias; for it blows from Caunus, 5causing ; storms in the harbour of that place. At Olbia, near Magydum in Pamphylia, it is called Idyreus; for it blows from an island called Idyris. Some people identify Boreas and Meses, amongst them the Lyrnatians near Phaselis.
Caecias (the North-East Wind). In Lesbos this wind is - called Thebanas; for it blows from the plain of Thebe, north of the 10Elaitic Gulf in Mysia, It causes storms in the harbour of Mitylene and very violent storms in the harbour of Mallus.2, In some places it is called Caunias, which others identify with Boreas.
Apeliotes (the East Wind). This wind is called Potameus at Tripolis in Phoenicia; it blows from a plain resembling a great threshing-floor, which lies between the mountains 15of Libanus and Bapyrus; hence it is called Potameus.® It causes storms at Posidonium.! In the Gulf of Issus and the neighbourhood of Rosus it is known as Syriandus ; it blows from ‘ the Syrian Gates’, the pass between ? the Taurus and the Rosian Mountains. In the Gulf of Tripolis it is called Marseus, from the village of Marsus. In Proconnesus, Teos, 20Crete, Euboea, and Cyrene it is known as Hellespontias. It causes storms in particular at Caphereus in Euboea, and in the harbour of Cyrene, which is called Apollonia. It blows from the Hellespont. [At Sinope it is called Berecyntias, because it blows from the direction of Phrygia.]® In Sicily it is known as Cataporthmias, because it blows from the Straits.
Meses? (the North-North-East Wind).... In Rhodes it is known as Caunias; for it blows from Caunus, 5causing ; storms in the harbour of that place. At Olbia, near Magydum in Pamphylia, it is called Idyreus; for it blows from an island called Idyris. Some people identify Boreas and Meses, amongst them the Lyrnatians near Phaselis.
Caecias (the North-East Wind). In Lesbos this wind is - called Thebanas; for it blows from the plain of Thebe, north of the 10Elaitic Gulf in Mysia, It causes storms in the harbour of Mitylene and very violent storms in the harbour of Mallus.2, In some places it is called Caunias, which others identify with Boreas.
Apeliotes (the East Wind). This wind is called Potameus at Tripolis in Phoenicia; it blows from a plain resembling a great threshing-floor, which lies between the mountains 15of Libanus and Bapyrus; hence it is called Potameus.® It causes storms at Posidonium.! In the Gulf of Issus and the neighbourhood of Rosus it is known as Syriandus ; it blows from ‘ the Syrian Gates’, the pass between ? the Taurus and the Rosian Mountains. In the Gulf of Tripolis it is called Marseus, from the village of Marsus. In Proconnesus, Teos, 20Crete, Euboea, and Cyrene it is known as Hellespontias. It causes storms in particular at Caphereus in Euboea, and in the harbour of Cyrene, which is called Apollonia. It blows from the Hellespont. [At Sinope it is called Berecyntias, because it blows from the direction of Phrygia.]® In Sicily it is known as Cataporthmias, because it blows from the Straits.
973b
1 ἀπὸ τοῦ πορθμοῦ. τινὲς δὲ αὐτὸν Καικίαν οἴονται εἶναι,
Θηβάναν προσαγορεύοντες. Εὖρος. οὗτος ἐν μὲν Αἰγαῖς
ταῖς κατὰ Συρίαν Σκοπελεὺς καλεῖται ἀπὸ τοῦ Ῥωσίων
σκοπέλου, ἐν δὲ Κυρήνῃ Κάρβας ἀπὸ τῶν Καρβανῶν τῶν
5 κατὰ Φοινίκην· διὸ καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν Φοινικίαν καλοῦσί τινες.
εἰσὶ δὲ οἳ καὶ Ἀπηλιώτην νομίζουσιν εἶναι. Ὀρθόνοτος.
τοῦτον οἱ μὲν Εὖρον, οἱ δὲ Ἀμνέα προσαγορεύουσιν. Νότος
δὲ ὁμοίως παρὰ πᾶσι καλεῖται· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα διὰ τὸ νοσώδη
εἶναι· ἔξω δὲ κάτομβρον, κατ' ἀμφότερα δὲ νότον.
10 Λευκόνοτος ὁμοίως· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβαίνοντος·
λευκαίνεται γὰρ ... Λίψ. καὶ οὗτος τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ Λιβύης,
ὅθεν πνεῖ. Ζέφυρος. καὶ οὗτος τόδε τὸ ὄνομα διὰ
τὸ ἀφ' ἑσπέρας πνεῖν. ἡ δὲ ἑσπέρα ... Ἰάπυξ. οὗτος
ἐν Τάραντι Σκυλητῖνος ἀπὸ χωρίου Σκυλαντίμου. κατὰ δὲ
15 οραλεοντο Φρυγίας. ὑπὸ δέ τινων Φαραγγίτης· πνεῖ γὰρ ἔκ
τινος φάραγγος τῶν κατὰ τὸ Πηγαῖον. παρὰ πολλοῖς δὲ
Ἀργέστης. Θρᾳκίας κατὰ μὲν Θρᾴκην Στρυμονίας
(πνεῖ γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ Στρυμόνος ποταμοῦ), κατὰ δὲ τὴν Μεγαρικὴν
Σκίρρων ἀπὸ τῶν Σκιρρωνίδων πετρῶν, ἐν δὲ Ἰταλίᾳ
20 καὶ Σικελίᾳ Κίρκας διὰ τὸ πνεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ Κιρκαίου.
ἐν δὲ Εὐβοίᾳ καὶ Λέσβῳ Ὀλυμπίας, τὸ δὲ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ
Πιερικοῦ Ὀλύμπου· ὀχλεῖ δὲ Πυρραίους. ὑπογέγραφα δέ
σοι καὶ τὰς θέσεις αὐτῶν, ὡς κεῖνται καὶ πνέουσιν, ὑπογράψας
τὸν τῆς γῆς κύκλον, ἵνα καὶ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σοι
25 τεθῶσιν.
1Some people identify it with Caecias, and also call it Thebanas. .
Eurus (the South-East Wind). This wind is called Scopeleus at Aegae, on the borders of Syria, after the cliff at Rosus. In Cyrene it is known as Carbas after the Carbanians in Phoenicia; wherefore some people call this 5same wind Phoenicias. Some people identify it with Apeliotes. | Euronotus® (the South-South-East Wind). Some call this wind Eurus, others Amneus.
Notus (the South Wind) bears the same name everywhere. It is derived from the fact that this wind is unwholesome, while out of doors it brings showers; thus there are two © reasons for its name.® | ro Leuconotus 10(the ‘white’ or ‘clearing’ South Wind) likewise derives its name from its effect; for it clears the sky.!
Lips (the South-West Wind). This wind gets its name from Libya, whence it blows.
Zephyrus (the West Wind). This wind is so named because it blows from the west, and the west .
Iapyx (the North-West Wind), At Tarentum it is called Scylletinus from 15the place Scylletium. At Dorylaeum in Phrygia (it is called)... Some people call it Pharangites, because it blows from a certain ravine in Mount Pangaeus.
Many call it Argestes, Thracias (the North-North-West Wind) is called Strymonias in Thrace, for it blows from the river Strymon ; in the Megarid it is known as Sciron, after the Scironian Cliffs, in Italy 20and Sicily it is called Circias, because it blows from Circaeum. In Euboea and Lesbos it goes by the name of Olympias, which is derived from Pierian — Olympus; it causes storms at Pyrrha.? ] I have drawn the circle of the earth and indicated the : positions of the winds, and the directions in which they blow, so that they may be presented to your vision.
Eurus (the South-East Wind). This wind is called Scopeleus at Aegae, on the borders of Syria, after the cliff at Rosus. In Cyrene it is known as Carbas after the Carbanians in Phoenicia; wherefore some people call this 5same wind Phoenicias. Some people identify it with Apeliotes. | Euronotus® (the South-South-East Wind). Some call this wind Eurus, others Amneus.
Notus (the South Wind) bears the same name everywhere. It is derived from the fact that this wind is unwholesome, while out of doors it brings showers; thus there are two © reasons for its name.® | ro Leuconotus 10(the ‘white’ or ‘clearing’ South Wind) likewise derives its name from its effect; for it clears the sky.!
Lips (the South-West Wind). This wind gets its name from Libya, whence it blows.
Zephyrus (the West Wind). This wind is so named because it blows from the west, and the west .
Iapyx (the North-West Wind), At Tarentum it is called Scylletinus from 15the place Scylletium. At Dorylaeum in Phrygia (it is called)... Some people call it Pharangites, because it blows from a certain ravine in Mount Pangaeus.
Many call it Argestes, Thracias (the North-North-West Wind) is called Strymonias in Thrace, for it blows from the river Strymon ; in the Megarid it is known as Sciron, after the Scironian Cliffs, in Italy 20and Sicily it is called Circias, because it blows from Circaeum. In Euboea and Lesbos it goes by the name of Olympias, which is derived from Pierian — Olympus; it causes storms at Pyrrha.? ] I have drawn the circle of the earth and indicated the : positions of the winds, and the directions in which they blow, so that they may be presented to your vision.