...y beetle devours again as filth what I have eaten myself. And if it fell into the watery depths of the sea, could it escape with its wings? I am fitted with a rudder in case of need, and my Naxos beetle will serve me as a boat. And what harbor will you put in at? Why, is there not the harbor of Cantharus at the Piraeus? Take care not to knock against anything and so fall off into space...