Message #20009

[Bianca]

153 Cp. Pliny 4.36.

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154 That is, by both Tyrians and Iberians. We are left to assume that the interior of the island was peopled by Tyrians alone.

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155 In speaking of the Pillars or the Strait, Strabo always means "east of" by "inside" and "west of" by "outside."

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156 Gosselin would emend to "five hundred," thus making the limit of the second expedition the cape of Trafalgar and its islets, which are 250 stadia east of Gades, since Gades is 750 stadia (3.1. from Calpe. But Onoba (Huelva), near which this unidentified island is, is near the mouth of the Odiel River, sixty miles west of Gades.

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157 The passage referred to is otherwise unknown to us.

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158 That is, the account that associates the Pillars of Heracles with the bronze pillars.

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159 Cp. the proverbial "Punic faith."

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160 See 6.15.