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is generally considered a scientific treatise, notwithstanding what Eratosthenes may say, when he bids us not to judge poems by the standard of intellect, nor yet look to them for history.
It is most probable that the line
Nine days by cruel storms thence was I borne
Odyssey ix. 82.
Athwart the fishy deep, note
Such are the sentiments of Polybius; and in many
respects they are correct enough; but when he discusses the
voyage beyond the ocean, and enters on minute calculations
of the proportion borne by the distance to the number of days,
he is greatly mistaken. He alleges perpetually the words of
the poet,
Nine days by cruel storms thence was I borne;
but at the same time he takes no notice of this expression,
which is his as well,
And now borne sea-ward from the river stream
Odyss. xii. l.
Of the Oceanus; note
In the island of Ogygia, the centre of the sea, note
Odyssey i. 50.
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Strabo, Geography (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Str.].