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and large and continuous marshes, among which are numerous villages. Pelusium itself has many marshes lying around it, which some call Barathra (or water holes), and swamps. It is situated at a distance of more than 20 stadia from the sea. The circumference of the wall is 20 stadia. It has its name from the mud (πηλοῦ) of the swamps. note On this quarter Egypt is difficult of access, i. e. from the eastern side towards Phoenicia and Judaea, and on the side of Arabia Nabataea, which is contiguous; through which countries the road to Egypt lies.
The country between the Nile and the Arabian Gulf is
Arabia, and at its extremity is situated Pelusium. But the
whole is desert, and not passable by an army. The isthmus
between Pelusium and the recess of the Arabian Gulf near
Heroopolis is 1000 stadia; but, according to Poseidonius, less
than
In sailing up the river from Schedia to Memphis, note on the right hand, are a great many villages extending as far as the lake Mareia, among which is that called the village of Chabrias. Upon the river is Hermopolis, then Gynaecopolis, and the Gynaecopolite Nome; next Momemphis and the Momemphite Nome. Between these places are many canals, which empty themselves into the lake Mareotis. The Momemphitae worship Venus, and a sacred cow is kept there, as Apis is maintained at Memphis, and Mneyis note at Heliopolis.
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Strabo, Geography (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Str.].