1. The _climata_ of the heavens, that is, the tracts or parts, are
four, of which the first part is the eastern, where some stars
rise; the second, the western, where some stars set; the third, the
northern, where the sun comes in the longer days; the fourth, the
southern, where the sun comes in the time of the longer nights.
4. There are also other _climata_ of the heavens, seven in number,
as if seven lines from east to west, under which the manners of men
are dissimilar, and animals of different species appear; they are
named from certain famous places, of which the first is Meroe; the
second, Siene; the third, Catachoras, that is Africa; the fourth,
Rhodus; the fifth, Hellespontus; the sixth, Mesopontus; the seventh,
Boristhenes.[270]
[270] For map showing the _climata_ see Konrad Miller, _Die
ältesten Weltkarten_ (Stuttgart, 1895), vol. iii, p. 127.