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[42] ῎επειτα Πτολεμαϊκὴ πόλις, μεγίστη τῶν ἐν τῇ Θηβαΐδι καὶ οὐκ ἐλάττων Μέμφεως, ἔχουσα καὶ σύστημα πολιτικὸν ἐν τῷ ἑλληνικῷ τρόπῳ. ὑπὲρ δὲ ταύτης ἡ Ἄβυδος, ἐν ᾗ τὸ Μεμνόνιον βασίλειον θαυμαστῶς κατεσκευασμένον ὁλόλιθον τῇ αὐτῇ κατασκευῇ ᾗπερ τὸν λαβύρινθον ἔφαμεν, οὐ πολλαπλοῦν δέ: καὶ κρήνη ἐν βάθει κειμένη ὥστε καταβαίνειν εἰς αὐτὴν * κατακαμφθεισῶν ψαλίδων διὰ μονολίθων ὑπερβαλλόντων τῷ μεγέθει καὶ τῇ κατασκευῇ. ἔστι δὲ διῶρυξ ἄγουσα ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον ἀπὸ τοῦ μεγάλου ποταμοῦ. περὶ δὲ τὴν διώρυγα ἀκανθῶν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἄλσος ἐστὶν ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος. ἔοικε δὲ ὑπάρξαι ποτὲ ἡ Ἄβυδος πόλις μεγάλη, δευτερεύουσα μετὰ τὰς Θήβας, νυνὶ δ᾽ ἐστὶ κατοικία μικρά: εἰ δ᾽ ὥς φασιν ὁ Μέμνων ὑπὸ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων Ἰσμάνδης λέγεται, καὶ ὁ λαβύρινθος Μεμνόνιον ἂν εἴη καὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔργον οὗπερ καὶ τὰ ἐν Ἀβύδῳ καὶ τὰ ἐν Θήβαις: καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖ λέγεταί τινα Μεμνόνια. κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ἄβυδον ἔστιν ἡ πρώτη αὔασις ἐκ τῶν λεχθεισῶν τριῶν ἐν τῇ Λιβύῃ, διέχουσα ὁδὸν ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ ἐνθένδε δι᾽ ἐρημίας, εὔυδρός τε κατοικία καὶ εὔοινος καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἱκανή, δευτέρα δ᾽ ἡ κατὰ τὴν Μοίριδος λίμνην, τρίτη δὲ ἡ κατὰ τὸ μαντεῖον τὸ ἐν Ἄμμωνι: καὶ αὗται δὲ κατοικίαι εἰσὶν ἀξιόλογοι.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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