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[12] εἰκὸς μὲν οὖν πρὸς ὑπερβολὴν ἠδολεσχηκέναι πολλὰ τοὺς πλεύσαντας, ὅμως δ᾽ οὖν εἰρήκασι παραδηλοῦντες ἅμα καὶ τὸ παραστὰν αὐτοῖς πάθος, διότι προσδοκία μᾶλλον ἢ κίνδυνος ὑπῆρχε τοῖς ἀληθέσι. τὸ δὲ μάλιστα ταράττον φυσητήρων μεγέθη ῥοῦν ἀπεργαζομένων μέγαν ἀθρόον καὶ ἀχλὺν ἐκ τῶν ἀναφυσημάτων, ὥστε τὰ πρὸ ποδῶν μέρη μὴ ὁρᾶσθαι: ἐπεὶ δ᾽ οἱ καθηγεμόνες τοῦ πλοῦ, δεδιότων ταῦτα τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὴν δ᾽ αἰτίαν οὐχ ὁρώντων, ἐμήνυσαν ὅτι θηρία εἴη, τάχα δ᾽ ἀπαλλάττοιτο σάλπιγγος ἀκούσαντα καὶ κρότου, ἐκ τούτου Νέαρχος ταῖς ναυσὶν ἐπῆγε μὲν τὸ ῥόθιον καθ᾽ ἅπερ ἐκώλυον, καὶ ἅμα ταῖς σάλπιγξιν ἐφόβει, τὰ δὲ θηρία ἔδυνεν: εἶτ᾽ ἀνεφαίνετο κατὰ πρύμναν ὥστε ναυμαχίας ἀγωνίαν παρεῖχεν, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτίκα ἀφίστατο.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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