§2.5.31Ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Τανάιδος καὶ τῆς Μαιώτιδός ἐστι τὰ ἐντὸς τοῦ Ταύρου συνεχῆ, τούτοις δʼ ἑξῆς τὰ ἐκτός.
From the Tanais and the Maeotis, there are the continuous parts inside the Taurus, and next after these, the parts outside.
διαιρουμένης γὰρ αὐτῆς ὑπὸ ὄρους τοῦ Ταύρου δίχα διατείνοντος ἀπὸ τῶν ἄκρων τῆς Παμφυλίας ἐπὶ τὴν ἑῴαν θάλατταν κατʼ Ἰνδοὺς καὶ τοὺς ταύτῃ Σκύθας, τὸ μὲν πρὸς τὰς ἄρκτους νενευκὸς τῆς ἠπείρου μέρος καλοῦσιν οἱ Ἕλληνες ἐντὸς τοῦ Ταύρου, τὸ δὲ πρὸς μεσημβρίαν ἐκτός· τὰ δὴ συνεχῆ τῇ Μαιώτιδι καὶ τῷ Τανάιδι μέρη τὰ ἐντὸς τοῦ Ταύρου ἐστί.
For, as Asia is divided into two parts by the Taurus mountain range, which stretches from the extremities of Pamphylia to the Eastern Sea near the Indians and the Scythians of that region, the Greeks call the part of the continent inclining toward the north 'inside the Taurus' and the part toward the south 'outside.' The parts continuous with the Maeotis and the Tanais, then, are those inside the Taurus.
τούτων δὲ τὰ πρῶτα μέρη τὰ μεταξὺ τῆς Κασπίας θαλάττης ἐστὶ καὶ τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου, τῇ μὲν ἐπὶ τὸν Τάναϊν καὶ τὸν ὠκεανὸν τελευτῶντα τόν τε ἔξω καὶ τὸν τῆς Ὑρκανίας θαλάττης, τῇ δʼ ἐπὶ τὸν ἰσθμόν, καθʼ ὃ ἐγγυτάτω ἐστὶν ἀπὸ τοῦ μυχοῦ τοῦ Πόντου ἐπὶ τὴν Κασπίαν.
Of these, the first parts are those between the Caspian Sea and the Euxine Pontus, terminating on one side at the Tanais and the ocean—both the outer ocean and that of the Hyrcanian Sea—and on the other side at the isthmus, where it is shortest from the innermost recess of the Pontus to the Caspian.
ἔπειτα ἐντὸς τοῦ Ταύρου τὰ ὑπὲρ τῆς Ὑρκανίας μέχρι πρὸς τὴν κατὰ Ἰνδοὺς καὶ Σκύθας τοὺς πρὸς τὴν αὐτὴν θάλατταν καὶ τὸ Ἰμάιον ὄρος.
Then, inside the Taurus, are the parts beyond Hyrcania as far as the country near the Indians and the Scythians who live near the same sea and the Imaus mountain.
ταῦτα δʼ ἔχουσι τὰ μὲν οἱ Μαιῶται καὶ οἱ μεταξὺ τῆς Ὑρκανίας καὶ τοῦ Πόντου μέχρι τοῦ Καυκάσου καὶ Ἰβήρων καὶ Ἀλβανῶν, Σαυρομάται καὶ Σκύθαι καὶ Ἀχαιοὶ καὶ Ζυγοὶ καὶ Ἡνίοχοι, τὰ δʼ ὑπὲρ τῆς Ὑρκανίας θαλάττης Σκύθαι καὶ Ὑρκανοὶ καὶ Παρθυαῖοι καὶ Βάκτριοι καὶ Σογδιανοὶ καὶ τἆλλα τὰ ὑπερκείμενα μέρη τῶν Ἰνδῶν πρὸς ἄρκτον.
These territories are occupied partly by the Maeotae and those between Hyrcania and the Pontus as far as the Caucasus, the Iberians, and the Albanians—namely the Sauromatae, Scythians, Achaeans, Zygi, and Heniochi—and partly, beyond the Hyrcanian Sea, by the Scythians, Hyrcanians, Parthians, Bactrians, Sogdians, and the other parts lying above the Indians to the north.
πρὸς νότον δὲ τῆς Ὑρκανίας θαλάττης ἐκ μέρους καὶ τοῦ ἰσθμοῦ παντὸς μεταξὺ ταύτης καὶ τοῦ Πόντου τῆς τε Ἀρμενίας ἡ πλείστη κεῖται καὶ Κολχὶς καὶ Καππαδοκία σύμπασα μέχρι τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου καὶ τῶν Τιβαρανικῶν ἐθνῶν, ἔτι δὲ ἡ ἐντὸς Ἅλυος χώρα λεγομένη, περιέχουσα πρὸς μὲν τῷ Πόντῳ καὶ τῇ Προποντίδι Παφλαγόνας τε καὶ Βιθυνοὺς καὶ Μυσοὺς καὶ τὴν ἐφʼ Ἑλλησπόντῳ λεγομένην Φρυγίαν, ἧς ἐστι καὶ ἡ Τρῳάς, πρὸς δὲ τῷ Αἰγαίῳ καὶ τῇ ἐφεξῆς θαλάττῃ τήν τε Αἰολίδα καὶ τὴν Ἰωνίαν καὶ Καρίαν καὶ Λυκίαν, ἐν δὲ τῇ μεσογαίᾳ τήν τε Φρυγίαν, ἧς ἐστι μέρος ἥ τε τῶν Γαλλογραικῶν λεγομένη Γαλατία καὶ ἡ Ἐπίκτητος, καὶ Λυκάονας καὶ Λυδούς.
To the south of the Hyrcanian Sea in part, and of the whole isthmus between this sea and the Pontus, lies most of Armenia, Colchis, the whole of Cappadocia as far as the Euxine Pontus and the Tibaranic nations, and further the so-called country inside the Halys, which contains, along the Pontus and Propontis, the Paphlagonians, Bithynians, Mysians, and the so-called Phrygia on the Hellespont, of which the Troad also is a part, and along the Aegean and the adjacent sea, Aeolis, Ionia, Caria, and Lycia, and in the interior, Phrygia, of which the so-called Galatia of the Gallograecians and Phrygia Epictetus are parts, as well as the Lycaonians and Lydians.
§2.5.32Ἐφεξῆς δὲ τοῖς ἐντὸς τοῦ Ταύρου οἵ τε τὰ ὄρη κατέχοντες Παροπαμισάδαι καὶ τὰ Παρθυαίων τε καὶ Μήδων καὶ Ἀρμενίων καὶ Κιλίκων ἔθνη καὶ Κατάονες καὶ Πισίδαι.
Next to those inside the Taurus are the Paropamisadae who occupy the mountains, and the nations of the Parthians, Medes, Armenians, and Cilicians, as well as the Cataonians and Pisidians.
μετὰ δὲ τοὺς ὀρείους ἐστὶ τὰ ἐκτὸς τοῦ Ταύρου.
After these mountaineers are the parts outside the Taurus.
πρώτη δʼ ἐστὶ τούτων ἡ Ἰνδική, ἔθνος μέγιστον τῶν πάντων καὶ εὐδαιμονέστατον, τελευτῶν πρός τε τὴν ἑῴαν θάλατταν καὶ τὴν νοτίαν τῆς Ἀτλαντικῆς.
The first of these is India, the greatest and most prosperous of all nations, terminating at both the Eastern Sea and the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean.
ἐν δὲ τῇ νοτίᾳ ταύτῃ θαλάττῃ πρόκειται τῆς Ἰνδικῆς νῆσος οὐκ ἐλάττων τῆς Βρεττανικῆς ἡ Ταπροβάνη·
¦p.175 In this southern sea, Taprobane lies in front of India, an island not smaller than Britain.
μετὰ δὲ τὴν Ἰνδικὴν ἐπὶ τὰ ἑσπέρια νεύουσιν, ἐν δεξιᾷ δʼ ἔχουσι τὰ ὄρη χώρα ἐστὶ συχνή, φαύλως οἰκουμένη διὰ λυπρότητα ὑπʼ ἀνθρώπων τελέως βαρβάρων οὐχ ὁμοεθνῶν· καλοῦσι δʼ Ἀριανούς, ἀπὸ τῶν ὀρῶν διατείνοντας μέχρι Γεδρωσίας καὶ Καρμανίας.
After India, to those who turn toward the west and have the mountains on the right, there is a vast country, poorly inhabited because of its barrenness by people who are utterly barbarian and not of the same race; and they call them Ariani, stretching from the mountains as far as Gedrosia and Carmania.
ἑξῆς δέ εἰσι πρὸς μὲν τῇ θαλάττῃ Πέρσαι καὶ Σούσιοι καὶ Βαβυλώνιοι καθήκοντες ἐπὶ τὴν κατὰ Πέρσας θάλατταν καὶ τὰ περιοικοῦντα τούτους ἔθνη μικρά, πρὸς δὲ τοῖς ὄρεσιν ἢ ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς ὄρεσι Παρθυαῖοι καὶ Μῆδοι καὶ Ἀρμένιοι καὶ τὰ τούτοις πρόσχωρα ἔθνη καὶ ἡ Μεσοποταμία.
Next, along the sea, are the Persians, Susians, and Babylonians, reaching down to the Persian Sea, and the small nations dwelling around them; and near the mountains or in the mountains themselves, the Parthians, Medes, Armenians, the neighboring nations to these, and Mesopotamia.
μετὰ δὲ τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν τὰ ἐντὸς Εὐφράτου·
After Mesopotamia are the parts inside the Euphrates.
ταῦτα δʼ ἐστὶν ἥ τε εὐδαίμων Ἀραβία πᾶσα, ἀφοριζομένη τῷ τε Ἀραβίῳ κόλπῳ παντὶ καὶ τῷ Περσικῷ, καὶ ὅσην οἱ Σκηνῖται καὶ οἱ Φύλαρχοι κατέχουσιν οἱ ἐπὶ τὸν Εὐφράτην καθήκοντες καὶ τὴν Συρίαν· εἶθʼ οἱ πέραν τοῦ Ἀραβίου κόλπου μέχρι Νείλου, Αἰθίοπές τε καὶ Ἄραβες, καὶ οἱ μετʼ αὐτοὺς Αἰγύπτιοι καὶ Σύροι καὶ Κίλικες οἵ τε ἄλλοι καὶ οἱ Τραχειῶται λεγόμενοι, τελευταῖοι δὲ Πάμφυλοι.
And these are the whole of Arabia Felix, bounded by both the entire Arabian Gulf and the Persian Gulf, and all the land occupied by the Tent-dwellers and the Phylarchs, who reach down to the Euphrates and Syria; then those beyond the Arabian Gulf as far as the Nile, both Ethiopians and Arabs, and after them the Egyptians, Syrians, and Cilicians—both the others and those called Cilicians of the Rugged Country—and last of all, the Pamphylians.