αἵδ᾽ ὑπὲρ Ἑλλάνων τε καὶ ἰθυμάχων πολιητᾶν[p. 255]
ἔσταθεν εὐξάμεναι Κύπριδι δαιμόνια.
οὐ γὰρ τοξοφόροισιν ἐμήδετο δῖ᾽ Ἀφροδίτα
Μήδοις Ἑλλάνων ἀκρόπολιν προδόμεν.
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ἐμβαλεῖν τὴν θεόν, οὐχ ὅπως τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ἡρόδοτον ἀγνοῆσαι πιθανὸν ἦν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ τὸν ἔσχατον Καρῶν: διεβοήθη γὰρ τὸ πρᾶγμα καὶ Σιμωνίδης
ἐποίησεν ἐπίγραμμα, χαλκῶν εἰκόνων ἀνασταθεισῶν
ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης, ὃν ἱδρύσασθαι Μήδειαν
λέγουσιν, οἱ μὲν αὐτὴν παυσαμένην τἀνδρός, οἱ
δ᾽ ἐπὶ τῷ τὸν Ἰάσονα τῆς Θέτιδος ἐρῶντα παῦσαι τὴν θεόν. τὸ δ᾽ ἐπίγραμμα τοῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν
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