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[23] ὅτι τὴν Πέλλαν οὖσαν μικρὰν πρότερον Φίλιππος εἰς μῆκος ηὔξησε τραφεὶς ἐν αὐτῇ: ἔχει δὲ λίμνην πρὸ αὑτῆς, ἐξ ἧς ὁ Λουδίας ποταμὸς ῥεῖ: τὴν δὲ λίμνην πληροῖ τοῦ Ἀξιοῦ τι ποταμοῦ ἀπόσπασμα. εἶτα ὁ Ἀξιὸς διαιρῶν τήν τε Βοττιαίαν καὶ τὴν Ἀμφαξῖτιν γῆν, καὶ παραλαβὼν τὸν Ἐρίγωνα ποταμὸν ἐξίησι μεταξὺ Χαλάστρας καὶ Θέρμης: ἐπίκειται δὲ τῷ Ἀξιῷ ποταμῷ χωρίον, ὅπερ Ὅμηρος Ἀμυδῶνα καλεῖ, καί φησι τοὺς Παίονας ἐντεῦθεν εἰς Τροίαν ἐπικούρους ἐλθεῖν “ τηλόθεν ἐξ Ἀμυδῶνος ἀπ᾽ Ἀξιοῦ εὐρυρέοντος.
”1 ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ ὁ μὲν Ἀξιὸς θολερός ἐστι, κρήνη δέ τις ἐξ Ἀμυδῶνος [p. 461] ἀνίσχουσα καὶ ἐπιμιγνυμένη αὐτῷ καλλίστου ὕδατος, διὰ τοῦτο τὸν ἑξῆς στίχον “ Ἀξιοῦ, οὗ κάλλιστον ὕδωρ ἐπικίδναται Αἶαν
”2 μεταγράφουσιν οὕτως “ Ἀξιοῦ, ᾧ κάλλιστον ὕδωρ ἐπικίδναται Αἴης.
”3 οὐ γὰρ τὸ τοῦ Ἀξιοῦ ὕδωρ κάλλιστον τῇ πηγῇ ἐπικίδναται, ἀλλὰ τὸ τῆς πηγῆς τῷ Ἀξιῷ. Epit.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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