Polybius on the topography of Sicily
The following account, from Polybius's History of the World, 1.42, describes the geographical situation of Sicily. The text is offered here in the translation by W. R. Paton, and was taken from LacusCurtius.
Polybius on the Topography of Sicily |
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[1.42] Sicily, then, as a whole occupies the same position with regard to Italy and its extremity that the Peloponnese occupies with regard to Greece and its extremity, the difference lying in this, that the Peloponnese is a peninsula whereas Sicily is an island, the communication being in the one case by land and in the other by sea. Sicily is triangular in shape, the apices of all three angles being formed by capes. |
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