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ἔχει δ᾽ ἡ πόλις νεώρια καὶ λιμένα κλειστόν: ὑπέρκειται δὲ τῆς πόλεως ἐν ὕψει φρούριον Ἴμβρος. τῆς δὲ χώρας εὐδαίμονος οὔσης ἡ πόλις τοῦ θέρους ὁμολογεῖται παρὰ πάντων εἶναι δυσάερος καὶ τοῦ μετοπώρου ... διὰ τὰ καύματα καὶ τὴν ἀφθονίαν τῶν ὡραίων: καὶ δὴ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα διηγημάτια θρυλεῖται, ὅτι Στρατόνικος ὁ κιθαριστὴς ἰδὼν ἐπιμελῶς χλωροὺς τοὺς Καυνίους, τοῦτ᾽ εἶναι ἔφη τὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ “ οἵη περ φύλλων γενεή, τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν.
”1 μεμφομένων δὲ ὡς σκώπτοιτο αὐτῷ ἡ πόλις ὡς νοσερά ‘ἐγώ’ ἔφη ‘ταύτην θαρρήσαιμ᾽ ἂν λέγειν νοσεράν, ὅπου καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ περιπατοῦσιν;’ ἀπέστησαν δέ ποτε Καύνιοι τῶν Ῥοδίων: κριθέντες δ᾽ ἐπὶ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἀπελήφθησαν πάλιν: καὶ ἔστι λόγος Μόλωνος κατὰ Καυνίων. φασὶ δ᾽ αὐτοὺς ὁμογλώττους μὲν εἶναι τοῖς Καρσίν, ἀφῖχθαι δ᾽ ἐκ Κρήτης καὶ χρῆσθαι νόμοις ἰδίοις.

1 Hom. Il. 6.146

Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.

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