ζῴδιον, νη … βιοτευον, ἕβδομον Αἰγυπτίοις ἱεροῖς γράμμασιν, ὃ κατὰ ψῆφον ἀναπεσσευόμενον ἐπιχωρίαν τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα δύναται πήχεις· ὁ γὰρ ποταμὸς αἰρόμενος οἰκουμένῃ Δήμητρα πομπεύει πολλὴν ἐπιλιμνάζων τῶι Κανώβῳ καὶ ἀναχεόμενος πολλὰ πεδία συνωμβρεῖτο πίδαξι καὶ πολλοῖς ἕλεσιν ἔκολλα τόν τε Κάνωβον ὄντα νησῖδα καὶ αὐτὸν Θῶνιν λεγόμενον· τριάκοντά τε σταδίοις περιγραφόμενον Αἰγυπτίοις ἐδάφεσιν ἠσπάσατο καὶ κατὰ πρόχωσιν μελαίνης ἰλύος συνύφηνεν· νῦν δʼ ἐστὶν ἀκρωτήριον ἀμφοτερίζον Ποσειδῶνι καὶ Νείλῳ. δοκεῖ δέ μοι περὶ τὸν τόπον ἀνθρώπειος πρῶτον ἀνατεῖλαι τροφή· πολλοῖς γὰρ ἰκμαζομένη … ε … ς ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ καῦμα ἐντρέφει ῥίζας ἁπαλὰς καὶ γλυκὺν ἀνιείσας χυμόν, ὅθεν καὶ βουνόμον τὸ ἔδαφος, ἀφʼ ὧν γάλα δαψιλὲς … οιτη· ἐὰν δὲ κα … ι ὑπὲρ βοταν … η ταύτας ελε … φο … νει συν οικο … εύσατο καὶ κρατη … δ … ξατο … ρας θυ … τασδ … αποτι … του κα … ἄγε γὰρ … γατερ … ενθα … γ … ηφα … λεγ … νω …
Fragments on the Nile and Canopus is the modern title given to an anonymous and fragmentary Greek prose text. The work is preserved only in two brief passages, and no manuscript tradition or specific preservation history for it has been identified. The title derives from the content of the surviving fragments, which concern the Nile River and the Egyptian city of Canopus, a major port in the Nile Delta. The extant text describes the Nile's flooding, its role in fertilizing the land, and the geographical formation of the Canopic region. While the complete scope of the original work is unknown, its focus places it within the broader Greco-Roman tradition of geographical and paradoxographical writing on Egypt, reflecting a perennial fascination with the Nile's mysterious sources, its vital flooding cycle, and the notable cultural landmarks of its delta, such as the city of Canopus, which was renowned both as a religious centre and a site of leisure.
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