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καθεῖρκτό τις καὶ ἐπὶ τοιᾷδε αἰτίᾳ: χωρίον ἐν Ἀκαρνανίᾳ περὶ τὰς ἐκβολὰς τοῦ Ἀχελῴου ἔχων περιέπλει τὰς Ἐχινάδας ἐν ἀκατίῳ μικρῷ, διασκεψάμενος δὲ αὐτῶν μίαν, ἣ ξυνῆπτεν ἤδη τῇ ἠπείρῳ, δένδρεσί τε ὡραίοις διεφύτευσε καὶ ἀμπέλοις ἡδυοίνοις δίαιτάν τε ἱκανὴν τῷ σώματι κατεσκευάσατο ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ γάρ τι καὶ ὕδωρ ὲκ τῆς ἠπείρου ἐσήγετο ἀποχρῶν τῇ νήσῳ: ἐκ τούτου ἀνέφυ γραφή, μὴ καθαρὸς εἶναι ὁ Ἀκαρνὰν οὗτος, ἔργα δὲ αὑτῷ ξυνειδὼς οὐ φορητὰ τῆς μὲν ἄλλης γῆς ἐξίστασθαί τε καὶ ἀποφοιτᾶν ὡς μεμιασμένης ἑαυτῷ, τὴν δ᾽ Ἀλκμαίωνος τοῦ Ἀμφιάρεω λύσιν, δι᾽ ἣν τὰς ἐκβολὰς τοῦ Ἀχελῴου μετὰ τὴν μητέρα ᾤκησεν, ᾑρῆσθαι αὐτόν, εἰ μὴ καὶ ἐφ᾽ ὁμοίοις, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ σχετλίοις ἴσως καὶ οὐ πόρρω ἐκείνων, ὁ δ᾽ οὐ τοῦτ᾽ ἔφασκεν, ἀλλὰ ἀπραγμοσύνης ἐρῶν ἐκεῖ οἰκῆσαι, τὸ δὲ ἄρα ἐς δίκας αὐτῷ περιστῆναι, δι᾽ ἃς καὶ εἷρχθαι αὐτόν.
Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 1. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1870. Keyboarding.
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