ἢ πόντου μέγα κῦμα καταντία κυμαίνοντος’ ἡσθεὶς οὖν ὁ Ἀπολλωνίδης ‘ὡς ἴδιον’ εἶπε ‘καὶ καινὸν ὅλως τὸ σκευώρημα τῆς δόξης, τόλμαν δέ τινα καὶ μοῦσαν ἔχοντος ἀνδρός: ἀλλὰ πῆ τὸν ἔλεγχον αὐτῷ προσῆγε’ ; ‘πρῶτον μέν’ εἶπον ‘ᾗ μία φύσις τῆς ἔξω θαλάσσης ἐστί, σύρρουν καὶ συνεχὲς πέλαγος, ἡ δ᾽ ἔμφασις οὐ μία τῶν ἐν τῇ σελήνῃ μελασμάτων, ἀλλ᾽ οἷον ἰσθμοὺς ἔχουσα, τοῦ λαμπροῦ ’
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