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εἶθ᾽ Ἁλικαρνασός, τὸ βασίλειον τῶν τῆς Καρίας δυναστῶν, Ζεφυρία καλουμένη πρότερον. ἐνταῦθα δ᾽ ἐστὶν τε τοῦ Μαυσώλου τάφος, ἓν τῶν ἑπτὰ θεαμάτων, ... ἔργον, ὅπερ Ἀρτεμισία τῷ ἀνδρὶ κατεσκεύασε, καὶ Σαλμακὶς κρήνη, διαβεβλημένη οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὁπόθεν ὡς μαλακίζουσα τοὺς πιόντας ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς. ἔοικε δ᾽ τρυφὴ τῶν ἀνθρώπων αἰτιᾶσθαι τοὺς ἀέρας τὰ ὕδατα: τρυφῆς δ᾽ αἴτια οὐ ταῦτα, ἀλλὰ πλοῦτος καὶ περὶ τὰς διαίτας ἀκολασία. ἔχει δ᾽ ἀκρόπολιν Ἁλικαρνασός: πρόκειται δ᾽ αὐτῆς Ἀρκόνησος. οἰκισταὶ δ᾽ [p. 916] αὐτῆς ἐγένοντο ἄλλοι τε καὶ Ἄνθης μετὰ Τροιζηνίων. ἄνδρες δὲ γεγόνασιν ἐξ αὐτῆς Ἡρόδοτός τε συγγραφεύς, ὃν ὕστερον Θούριον ἐκάλεσαν διὰ τὸ κοινωνῆσαι τῆς εἰς Θουρίους ἀποικίας, καὶ Ἡράκλειτος ποιητὴς Καλλιμάχου ἑταῖρος, καὶ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς Διονύσιος συγγραφεύς.

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