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ὃς Φάλαρις Περίλαον τὸν χαλκουργὸν ἐκεῖνον
τὸν Ἀττικὸν κατέκαυσεν ἐν ταύρῳ τῷ χαλκέῳ.
οὗτος γὰρ τὸ μηχάνημα τοῦ ταύρου χαλκουργήσας
τοῖς μυξωτῆρσι τοῦ βοὸς ἐτέκτηνεν αὐλίσκους,
ἀνέπτυξε καὶ θύραν δὲ πρὸς τῷ πλευρῷ τοῦ ταύρου:
καὶ δῶρον τῷ Φαλάριδι τοῦτον τὸν ταῦρον ἄγει.
Φάλαρις δὲ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐν δώροις δεξιοῦται,
τὸ δὲ μηχάνημα θεοῖς καθιεροῦν κελεύει.
ὡς δ᾽ ἀναπτύξας τὸ πλευρὸν ὁ χαλκουργὸς ἐκεῖνος
δόλον τὸν κακομήχανον ἐξεῖπεν ἀπανθρώπως,
εἴ τινα βούλει, Φάλαρι, κολάζειν τῶν ἀνθρώπων,
ἔνδον τοῦ ταύρου κατειργνὺς πῦρ ὑποστρώννυ κάτω:
δόξει δ᾽ ὁ ταῦρος στεναγμοῖς μυκᾶσθαι τοῖς ἐκείνου,
σὺ δ᾽ ἡδονὴν τοῖς στεναγμοῖς ἕξεις αὐλοῖς μυκτήρων.
τοῦτο μαθὼν ὁ Φάλαρις καὶ μυσαχθεὶς ἐκεῖνον,
ἄγε, φησί, Περίλαε, σὺ πρῶτος δεῖξον τοῦτο,
καὶ τοὺς αὐλοῦντας μίμησαι, τράνωσόν σου τὴν τέχνην.
ὡς δὲ παρέδυ μιμητὴς δῆθεν τῶν αὐλημάτων,
κλείει τὸν ταῦρον Φάλαρις καὶ πῦρ ὑποσωρεύει.
ὅπως δὲ τὸ χαλκούργημα θανὼν μὴ ἐμμιάνῃ,
κατὰ πετρῶν ἐκρήμνισεν ἐξάξας ἡμιθνῆτα.
γράφει περὶ τοῦ ταύρου δὲ Λουκιανὸς ὁ Σύρος,
Διόδωρος καὶ Πίνδαρος, σὺν τούτοις τε μυρίοι.
”Tzetz. Hist. 1. 646-668.
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Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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