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“‘ στρογγύλον ἐπί τινων κλωνίων περιφερῶν,
ἀνθεῖ δ᾽ οὗτος ὅταν ὥρα ᾖ, καὶ ἐστὶ τῷ χρώματι τὸ ἄνθος καὶ καὶ εὐφεγγές. λέγεται δέ τις μῦθος ὑπὸ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ὅτι οἱ Αἰθίοπες στελλόμενοι εἰς Τροίαν ὑπὸ τοῦ Τιθωνοῦ, ἐπεὶ ἤκουσαν τὸν Μέμνονα τετελευτηκέναι, ἐν τούτῳ τῷ τόπῳ τοὺς στεφάνους ἀνέβαλον ἐπὶ τὰς ἀκάνθας: ἐστὶ δὲ παραπλήσια τὰ κλωνία στεφάνοις, ἐφ᾽ ὧν τὸ ἄνθος φύεται.’ ὁ δὲ προειρημένος Ἑλλάνικος καὶ Ἄμασιν Αἰγύπτου βασιλεῦσαι, ἰδιώτην ὄντα καὶ
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