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Ἀπολλωνιάται πόλιν οἰκοῦσι γείτονα Ἐπιδάμνου ἐν τῷ Ἰονίῳ κόλπῳ. καὶ ἐν τοῖς πλησίον αὐτῆς χωρίοις ἄσφαλτός ἐστιν ὀρυκτὴ καὶ πίττα τὸν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἀνατέλλουσα τρόπον, ὃν καὶ αἱ πλεῖσται πηγαὶ τῶν ὑδάτων. οὐ πόρρω δὲ καὶ τὸ ἀθάνατον δείκνυται πῦρ. ὁ δὲ καόμενος τόπος ἐστὶν ὀλίγος καὶ οὐκ ἐς μέγα διήκει καὶ ἔχει περίβολον οὐ πολύν, ὄζει δὲ θείου καὶ στυπτηρίας. καὶ περὶ αὐτόν ἐστι [p. 151] δένδρα εὐθαλῆ καὶ πόα χλωρά: καὶ τὸ πῦρ πλησίον ἐνακμάζον οὐδὲν λυπεῖ οὔτε τὴν τῶν φυτῶν βλάστην οὔτε τὴν τεθηλυῖαν πόαν. κάεται δὲ τὸ πῦρ καὶ νύκτωρ καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν, καὶ διέλιπεν οὐδέποτε, ὡς Ἀπολλωνιάται λέγουσι, πρὶν τοῦ πολέμου τοῦ πρὸς Ἰλλυριοὺς συμβάντος αὐτοῖς. ὅτι Ἀπολλωνιάται ξενηλασίας ἐποίουν κατὰ τὸν Λακεδαιμόνιον νόμον, Ἐπιδάμνιοι δὲ ἐπιδημεῖν καὶ μετοικεῖν παρεῖχον τῷ βουλομένῳ.
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. Keyboarding.
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