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ἀργέστης, Argestēs; ἰᾶπυξ, Iapyx (approx. NW)
κατὰ ἀργέστην (kata argestēn), ‘in the direction of (the) Argestes’, Timosthenes fr. 3
(Agathemeros 2. 7)
ὡς πρὸς … ἄνεμον ἰάπυγα (hōs pros … anemon iapyga), ‘generally towards (the) Iapyx
wind’, Eratosthenes fr. 71 (Arrian, Anabasis, 5. 6. 3)
Intermediate Winds
βορέας/βορρᾶς, Boreas or Borrhas (approx. NNE)
κατὰ βορρᾶν (kata borrhan), ‘in the direction of (the) north-north-easterly wind’,
Timosthenes fr. 3 (Agathemeros 2. 7)
Boreas/Borrhas also means generally a northerly, or approx. north, wind.
φοῖνιξ, Phoinix (approx. SSE)
κατὰ φοίνικα (kata phoinika), ‘in the direction of (the) Phoinix’, Timosthenes fr. 3
(Agathemeros 2. 7)
λευκόνοτος, Leukonotos (approx. SSW)
κατὰ λευκόνοτον (kata leukonoton), ‘in the direction of (the) Leukonotos’, Timosthenes
fr. 3 (Agathemeros 2. 7)
θρασκίας, Thraskias (approx. NNW)
κατὰ θρασκίαν (kata thraskian), ‘in the direction of the Thraskias’, Timosthenes fr. 3
(Agathemeros 2. 7)
Not noted here:
λιβόνοτος (libonotos), Timosthenes fr. 3 (Agathemeros 2. 7) (approx. SSW).
ὀλυμπίας (olympias), Timosthenes fr. 3 (Agathemeros 2. 7) (approx. NW).
κιρκίας (kirkias), Ps.-Aristotle 4 (approx. NNW).
Editions of Geographers Consulted
Agatharchides: Burstein 1989
Agathemeros: Leroy 2018
Artemidoros: Stiehle 1856; Hoffmann 1861; Schiano 2010
Dikaiarchos: Mirhady 2000 with Keyser 2000
Dionysios Periegetes: Lightfoot 2014 with Khan forthcoming
Dionysios son of Kalliphon: Marcotte 1990
Eratosthenes: Roller 2010
Geminus: Aujac 1975
Hanno: Roller 2006, 129–32; González Ponce 2011
Hekataios: Pownall 2013
Herodotos: Wilson 2015
Hipparchos: Dicks 1960
Hippokrates, Airs, Waters, and Places: Jouanna 1996
Hypotyposis: Mittenhuber 2011
Sun, Sea, and Sky: On Translating Directions (and Other Terms) in the Greek Geographers