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πολλαχοῦ δ᾽ εἰσὶ κρῆναι αἳ
μὲν ποτιμώτεραι καὶ οἰνωδέστεραι, ὡς ἡ περὶ Παφλαγονίαν, πρὸς ἥν φασι τοὺς ἐγχωρίους ὑποπίνειν
προσιόντας, ἁλμώδεις δ᾽ ἅμα τῷ ὀξεῖ ἐν Σικανοῖς τῆς
Σικελίας. ἐν τῇ Καρχηδονίων δὲ ἐπικρατείᾳ κρήνη
ἐστὶν ᾗ τὸ ἐφιστάμενον ἐλαίῳ ἐστὶν ὅμοιον, μελάντερον <δὲ> τὴν χρόαν: ὃ ἀποσφαιροῦντες χρῶνται
πρὸς τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τὰ κτήνη. καὶ παρ᾽ ἄλλοις δ᾽
εἰσὶ λίπος ἔχουσαι τοιοῦτον, ὡς ἡ ἐν Ἀσίᾳ, ὑπὲρ ἧς
Ἀλέξανδρος ἐπέστειλεν ὡς ἐλαίου κρήνην εὑρηκώς.
καὶ τῶν θερμῶν δ᾽ ἐκ φύσεως ὑδάτων ἔνια γλυκέα
ἐστίν, ὡς τὰ ἐν Αἰγαῖς <τῆς> Κιλικίας καὶ περὶ Παγασὰς τά τ᾽ ἐν τῇ Τρωικῇ Λαρίσσῃ καὶ περὶ Μαγνησίαν καὶ ἐν Μήλῳ καὶ Λιπάρᾳ: ἐν δὲ Προύσῃ τῇ
πρὸς τὸν Μύσιον Ὄλυμπον τὰ βασιλικὰ καλούμενα.
τὰ δ᾽ ἐν Ἀσίᾳ περὶ Τράλλεις καὶ τὸν Χαρακωμήτην
ποταμόν, ἔτι δὲ Νῦσαν πόλιν οὕτως ἐστὶ λιπαρὰ ὡς
μὴ δεῖσθαι τοὺς ἐναπολουμένους ἐλαίου. τοιαῦτα καὶ
τὰ ἐν Δασκύλου κώμῃ. τὰ δ᾽ ἐν Καρούροις κατάξηρα
καὶ σφόδρα θερμά: τὰ δὲ περὶ Μηνὸς κώμην, ἥ ἐστι
Φρυγίας, τραχύτερά ἐστι καὶ λιτρωδέστερα, ὡς καὶ
<τὰ> ἐν τῇ καλουμένῃ Λέοντος κώμῃ τῆς Φρυγίας.
τὰ δὲ περὶ Δορύλαιον καὶ πινόμενά ἐστιν ἥδιστα: τὰ
γὰρ περὶ Βαίας ἢ Βαίου λιμένα τῆς Ἰταλίας παντελῶς
ἄποτα.
Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.
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