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τινὰς ἀεὶ καὶ φιλοσοφίαν διατρίβουσι. θαυμαστὴν γὰρ εἶναι τῆς τε νήσου τὴν φύσιν καὶ τὴν πραότητα τοῦ περιέχοντος ἀέρος, ἐνίοις δὲ καὶ τὸ θεῖον ἐμποδὼν γίγνεσθαι διανοηθεῖσιν ἀποπλεῖν
ὥσπερ συνήθεσι καὶ φίλοις ἐπιδεικνύμενον οὐκ
ὄναρ γὰρ μόνον οὐδὲ διὰ συμβόλων, ἀλλὰ καὶ φανερῶς ἐντυγχάνειν πολλοὺς ὄψεσι δαιμόνων καὶ
φωναῖς. αὐτὸν μὲν γὰρ τὸν Κρόνον ἐν ἄντρῳ βαθεῖ περιέχεσθαι πέτρας χρυσοειδοῦς καθεύδοντα, τὸν γὰρ ὕπνον αὐτῷ μεμηχανῆσθαι δεσμὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ
Διός, ὄρνιθας; δὲ τῆς πέτρας κατὰ κορυφὴν
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εἰσπετομένους ἀμβροσίαν ἐπιφέρειν αὐτῷ, καὶ τὴν νῆσον εὐωδίᾳ κατέχεσθαι πᾶσαν, ὥσπερ ἐκ πηγῆς σκιδναμένῃ
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