τῆς ἑκατέρας θαλάττης τὰς φύσεις οὐκ ἰσοπέδοις
αὐταῖς ἐντυχεῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ὑψηλοτέραν ἡγουμένους τὴν
ἐκ τοῦ Λεχαίου περὶ τῇ Αἰγίνῃ δεδοικέναι, πελάγους
γὰρ τοσούτου νήσῳ ἐπιχυθέντος κἂν ὑποβρύχιον
ἀπενεχθῆναι τὴν Αἴγιναν. Νέρωνα δὲ τῆς μὲν
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τοῦ Ἰσθμοῦ τομῆς οὐδ᾽ ἂν Θαλῆς μετέστησεν ὁ
σοφώτατός τε καὶ φυσικώτατος, τοῦ γὰρ τεμεῖν αὐτὸν
ἤρα μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦ δημοσίᾳ ᾄδειν, ἡ δὲ τῶν ἑσπερίων
ἐθνῶν κίνησις καὶ ὁ ὕπατος ὁ τῶν ἐκείνῃ νῦν ἁπτόμενος,
ὄνομα δὲ αὐτῷ Βίνδιξ, ἀπήγαγεν Ἑλλάδος τε
καὶ τοῦ Ἰσθμοῦ Νέρωνα ψυχρῶς γεωμετρήσαντα:
τὰς γὰρ θαλάττας ἰσογαίους τε καὶ ἰσοπέδους οἶδα.
φασὶ δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς Ῥώμης ὀλισθάνειν ἤδη
καὶ ὑποδιδόναι. τουτὶ καὶ αὐτοὶ χθὲς ἠκούσατε τοῦ
προσπλεύσαντος χιλιάρχου.
Μενεκράτης
ἡ φωνὴ δέ, Μουσώνιε, δι᾽ ἣν μουσομανεῖ
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Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.
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