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ὁρᾷς τὸν Κνίδιον
ἐκεῖνον ἀρχιτέκτονα, οἷον ἐποίησεν; οἰκοδομήσας
γὰρ τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ Φάρῳ πύργον, μέγιστον καὶ κάλλιστον
ἔργων ἁπάντων, ὡς πυρσεύοιτο ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ τοῖς ναυτιλλομένοις
ἐπὶ πολὺ τῆς θαλάττης καὶ μὴ καταφέροιντο εἰς
τὴν Παραιτονίαν, παγχάλεπον, ὥς φασιν, οὖσαν καὶ
ἄφυκτον, εἴ τις ἐμπέσοι εἰς τὰ ἕρματα: οἰκοδομήσας οὖν
αὐτὸ τὸ ἔργον ἔνδοθεν μὲν κατὰ τῶν λίθων τὸ αὐτοῦ
ὄνομα ἔγραψεν, ἐπιχρίσας δὲ τιτάνῳ καὶ ἐπικαλύψας ἐπέγραψε
τοὔνομα τοῦ τότε βασιλεύοντος, εἰδώς, ὅπερ καὶ
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ἐγένετο, πάνυ ὀλίγου χρόνου συνεκπεσούμενα μὲν τῷ
χρίσματι τὰ γράμματα, ἐκφανησόμενον δέ, ‘Σώστρατος
Δεξιφάνους Κνίδιος θεοῖς σωτῆρσιν ὑπὲρ τῶν πλωϊζομένων.’
οὕτως οὐδ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ἐς τὸν τότε καιρὸν οὐδὲ τὸν
αὐτοῦ βίον τὸν ὀλίγου ἑώρα, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς τὸν νῦν καὶ τὸν
ἀεί, ἄχρι ἂν ἑστήκῃ ὁ πύργος καὶ μένῃ αὐτοῦ ἡ τέχνη.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol II. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1913. Keyboarding.
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