ἔθος τοῖς πλέουσι καὶ ὁδοιποροῦσιν εὐχὰς ποιεῖσθαι καθ᾽
ὧν ἂν ἕκαστος ἐπινοῇ. ποιητὴς μὲν οὖν ἤδη τις εἶπε σκώψας εὔξασθαι κατὰ χρυσόκερω λιβανωτοῦ. ἡμεῖς δὲ, ὦ
ἄνδρες, παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐνταῦθα καὶ τὸν πλοῦν εὐχὴν ταύτην ἐποιησάμεθα, οὐκ ἄμουσον οὐδ᾽ ἐκμελῆ οὐδ᾽
ἄπο τῆς τέχνης, εἰ σωθείημεν, προσερεῖν ἐν τῷ μέσῳ τὴν
πόλιν. κατὰ ἰσομετρήτου μὲν οὖν εὔξασθαι τῇ πόλει λόγου
οὐκ ἐνῆν, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἀληθῶς εὐχῆς αὖ προσεδεῖτο ἑτέρας,
ἴσως μὲν οὖν καὶ μείζονος, δυνηθῆναι τοιοῦτον ἆραι
[p. 322]λόγον, ὅστις παρισώσεται τοσῷδε ὄγκῳ πόλεως: προσερεῖν γε
μὴν ὑπεσχόμεθα, ὅπως ἂν δυνώμεθα, ἐπειδή γε καὶ ἄλλοι
τὰ ἰσομέτρητα σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἰσομέτρητα ποιοῦσιν αὖ καὶ
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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