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ιβ. εῖς ἱερὸν εἰσιὼν σεμνόν τι καὶ μέγα, ὃ τὴν καλλίστην εἰκασίαν εἰς ἑαυτὸ μεθίστη, ἐν τοῖς προπυλαίοις τοῦ νεὼ ἱδρυμένον θεῶμαι κένταυρον οὐκ ἀνδρὶ κατὰ τὴν Ὁμήρειον εἰκόνα, ἀλλὰ ῥίῳ παραπλήσιον ὑλήεντι. ἄνθρωπος ἦν ἄχρι λαγόνος κατιὼν ὁ κένταυρος ἐς ἵππου βάσιν τετρασκελῆ λήγων, τὸν γὰρ ἵππον καὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἡ φύσις ἐξ ἡμισείας τεμοῦσα εἰς ἓν σῶμα συνήρμοσε τὰ μὲν ἀποκρίνασα τῶν μελῶν, τὰ δὲ ἀλλήλοις τεχνησαμένη [p. 436] σύμφωνα: τῆς μὲν γὰρ ἀνθρωπίνης ὅσον ἀπ᾽ ἰξύος εἰς ἄκραν ὑποφέρεται τὴν βάσιν, ἀφεῖλε, τοῦ δὲ ἱππείου σώματος, ὅσον εἰς ὀμφαλὸν καταβαίνει, τεμοῦσα τῷ ἀνθρωπείῳ συνῆγε τύπῳ, ὡς τὸν μὲν ἵππον τὴν κεφαλὴν ποθεῖν καὶ τοὺς αὐχενίους τένοντας, καὶ ὅσον εἰς τὸ νῶτον καταβαῖνον εὐρύνεται, τὸν δὲ ἄνθρωπον τὸν ἀπὸ ὀμφαλοῦ μέχρι τῆς βάσεως στηριγμὸν ζητεῖν. τοιούτου δὲ ὄντος τοῦ σώματος εἶδες ἂν καὶ θυμὸν ἐπιπολεύοντα τῷ τεχνήματι καὶ ἠγριωμένον τὸ σῶμα καὶ τῷ προσώπῳ τὸ θηριῶδες ἐπανθοῦν καὶ τὸ τῆς τριχὸς κάλλιστα ὑποκρινομένην τὴν πέτραν καὶ πάντα πρὸς τὸν ἀληθῆ τύπον σπεύδοντα.

Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Callistratus. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.

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Callistratus, Statuaram Descriptiones
Carl Ludwig Kayser, Ed.

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Callistratus, Statuaram Descriptiones
Carl Ludwig Kayser, Ed.