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according Adriatic afterwards Alps amongst ancient Asia Babylon breadth Bruttii Byzantium Cæsar called Cape Caspian Gates Cluverius coast commencement contains Danube described distance district Dnieper dwell east Egypt Ephorus Eratosthenes Ethiopians Euxine extending flows formerly founded French translation geography Getæ Gosselin Greeks Gulf habitable earth harbour Hipparchus Homer Iapygia Iberia Iliad Illyria India inhabitants island isthmus Italy Keltica Kelts Kramer lake land latitude length Ligurians likewise Macedonia Mæotis Marseilles Mediterranean mentioned meridian Mount mountains mouth nations navigable northern occupied ocean Odyssey opposite parallel passage passed Peloponnesus Pillars of Hercules plain Pliny poet Polybius portion Posidonius possessed promontory Pyrenees Pytheas regions Rhine Rhone rising river Romans Rome sail Samnites says Scythians sea-coast shore side situated southern speak stadia Strabo Strait of Sicily supposed temple territory Thapsacus thence Thrace Thracian Turdetania Tyrrhenian Ulysses voyage whole writers zone