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[112]
Rursumque tamquam piissimus deridet adiciens fabulae suae
Mnaseam. ait enim illum retulisse, dum bellum Iudaei contra Iudaeos
haberent longo quodam tempore in aliqua ciuitate Iudaeorum, qui Dorii
nominantur, quendam eorum qui in ea Apollinem colebat uenisse ad
Iudaeos, cuius hominis nomen dicit Zabidon deinde qui eis promisisset
traditurum se eis Apollinem deum Doriensium uenturumque illum ad
nostrum templum, si omnes abscederent.
[113]
et credidisse omnem multitudinem
Iudaeorum; Zabidon uero fecisse quoddam machinamentum ligneum
et circumposuisse sibi et in eo tres ordines infixisse lucernarum et
ita ambulasse, ut procul stantibus appareret, quasi stellae per terram
[114]
th\n porei/an poioume/nwn, tou\s me\n *)ioudai/ous u(po\ tou= parado/cou
th=s qe/as katapeplhgme/nous po/rrw me/nontas h(suxi/an a)/gein, to\n
de\ *za/bidon e)pi\ pollh=s h(suxi/as ei)s to\n nao\n parelqei=n kai\ th\n
xrush=n a)posu=rai tou= ka/nqwnos kefalh/n, ou(/tw ga\r a)stei+zo/menos
[115]
ge/grafen, kai\ pa/lin ei)s *dw=ra to\ ta/xos a)pelqei=n. a)=ra ou)=n kai\
h(mei=s a)\n ei)/poimen, o(/ti to\n ka/nqwna toute/stin e(auto\n *)api/wn e)piforti/zei
kai\ poiei= th=s mwrologi/as a(/ma kai\ tw=n yeusma/twn kata/gomon;
kai\ ga\r to/pous ou)k o)/ntas gra/fei kai\ po/leis ou)k ei)dw\s metati/qhsin.
[116]
h( me\n ga\r *)idoumai/a th=s h(mete/ras xw/ras e)sti\n o(/moros
kata\ *ga/zan keime/nh, kai\ *dw=ra tau/ths e)sti\n ou)demi/a po/lis, th=s
me/ntoi *foini/khs para\ to\ *karmh/lion o)/ros *dw=ra po/lis o)noma/zetai
mhde\n e)pikoinwnou=sa toi=s *)api/wnos fluarh/masi: tessa/rwn ga\r
[117]
h(merw=n o(do\n th=s *)ioudai/as a)fe/sthken. ti/ d' h(mw=n e)/ti kathgorei=
to\ mh\ koinou\s e)/xein toi=s a)/llois qeou/s, ei) r(a|di/ws ou(/tws e)pei/sqhsan
oi( pate/res h(mw=n h(/cein to\n *)apo/llwna pro\s au)tou\s kai\ meta\
tw=n a)/strwn e)pi\ th=s gh=s w)|h/qhsan o(ra=n au)to\n peripatou=nta;
[118]
lu/xnon ga\r ou)de/pw dh=lon o(/ti pro/sqen e(wra/kasin oi( ta\s tosau/tas
kai\ thlikau/tas luxnokai/+as e)pitelou=ntes, a)ll' ou)de/ tis au)tw=| badi/zonti
kata\ th\n xw/ran tw=n tosou/twn muria/dwn u(ph/nthsen, e)/rhma
de\ kai\ ta\ tei/xh fula/kwn eu(=re pole/mou sunesthko/tos, e)w= ta)=lla.
[119]
tou= naou= d' ai( qu/rai to\ me\n u(/yos h)=san e(ch/konta phxw=n, ei)/kosi
de\ to\ pla/tos, kata/xrusoi de\ pa=sai kai\ mikrou= dei=n sfurh/latoi:
tau/tas e)/kleion ou)k e)la/ttous o)/ntes a)/ndres diako/sioi kaq' e(ka/sthn
[120]
h(me/ran kai\ to\ katalipei=n h)noigme/nas h)=n a)qe/miton. r(a|di/ws ou)=n
au)ta\s o( luxnofo/ros e)kei=nos a)noi/cein oi)o/menos kai\ th\n tou= ka/nqwnos
w(s w)/|eto kefalh\n e)/xwn. po/teron ou)=n au)th\n pa/lin w(s h(ma=s a)ne/streyen
h)\ labw\n a)piw\n au)th\n ei)seko/misen, i(/na *)anti/oxos eu(/rh|
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