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οἶδα δὲ καὶ
Ἑλλάνικον ἐν Ἐθνῶν Ὀνομασίαις λέγοντα ῾FHG I 57'
'ὅτι Λιβύων τῶν Νομάδων τινὲς οὐδὲν ἄλλο κέκτηνται
ἢ κύλικα καὶ μάχαιραν καὶ ὑδρίαν, καὶ ὅτι οἰκίας
ἔχουσιν ἐξ ἀνθερίκου πεποιημένας μικρὰς ὅσον σκιᾶς
ἕνεκα, ἃς καὶ περιφέρουσιν ὅπου ἂν πορεύωνται. πολλοῖς δὲ καὶ ὁ ἐν Ἰλλυριοῖς τόπος διαβόητός ἐστιν ὁ
καλούμενος Κύλικες, παρ᾽ ᾧ ἐστι τὸ Κάδμου καὶ Ἁρμονίας μνημεῖον, ὡς ἱστορεῖ Φύλαρχος ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ
καὶ εἰκοστῇ τῶν Ἱστοριῶν ῾FHG I 345'.' καὶ Πολέμων
δ᾽ ἐν τῷ περὶ τοῦ Μορύχου ῾fr. 75 Pr' 'ἐν Συρακούσαις
φησὶν ἐπ᾽ ἄκρᾳ τῇ νήσῳ πρὸς τῷ Γῆς Ὀλυμπίας ἱερῷ
ἐκτὸς τοῦ τείχους ἐσχάραν τινὰ εἶναι, ἀφ᾽ ἧς, φησί, τὴν
κύλικα ναυστολοῦσιν ἀναπλέοντες μέχρι τοῦ γενέσθαι
τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ νεὼ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ἀόρατον ἀσπίδα: καὶ
οὕτως ἀφιᾶσιν εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν κεραμέαν κύλικα, καθέντες εἰς αὐτὴν ἄνθεα καὶ κηρία καὶ λιβανωτὸν ἄτμητον καὶ ἄλλα ἄττα μετὰ τούτων ἀρώματα.
Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.
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