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73. οἱ δὲ Συρακόσιοι τῷ
προτερήματι συμφιλοτιμούμενοι κατὰ πολλὴν σπουδὴν ἀλλήλους ἔφθανον
ἐπιπηδῶντες ταῖς πολεμίαις ναυσί, καὶ τοὺς βαρβάρους καταπεπληγμένους
τὸ μέγεθος τῆς περιστάσεως περιχυθέντες ἐφόνευον.
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οὐ μὴν οὐδ᾽ οἱ πεζῇ τῷ ναυστάθμῳ προσβάλλοντες
ἐλείποντο τῆς τούτων σπουδῆς: ἐν οἷς συνέβαινεν εἶναι καὶ αὐτὸν
τὸν Διονύσιον, παριππευκότα πρὸς τὸ κατὰ Δάσκωνα μέρος. εὑρόντες
γὰρ πεντηκοντόρους τετταράκοντα νενεωλκημένας, καὶ κατὰ τὸ συνεχὲς ναῦς
παρορμούσας ὁλκάδας καί τινας τῶν τριήρων, πῦρ εἰς αὐτὰς ἐνῆκαν.
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ταχὺ δὲ τῆς φλογὸς εἰς ὕψος
ἀρθείσης καὶ χεομένης ἐπὶ πολὺν τόπον ἐφλέγετο τὰ σκάφη, καὶ τῶν
ἐμπόρων τε καὶ ναυκλήρων οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο παραβοηθῆσαι διὰ τὸ πλῆθος
τοῦ πυρός. ἐπιγενομένου δὲ μεγάλου πνεύματος ἐκ τῶν νενεωλκημένων
σκαφῶν ἐφέρετο τὸ πῦρ ἐπὶ τὰς ὁρμούσας ὁλκάδας.
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τῶν δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν ἐκκολυμβώντων διὰ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς
πνιγὸς φόβον, καὶ τῶν ἀγκυρίων ἀποκαιομένων, διὰ τὸν κλύδωνα
συνέκρουον αἱ ναῦς, καὶ τινὲς μὲν ὑπ᾽ ἀλλήλων συντριβόμεναι
διεφθείροντο, τινὲς δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος ὠθούμεναι, αἱ πλεῖσται δ᾽
ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρὸς ἀπώλλυντο.
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ἔνθα δὴ τῶν
φορτηγῶν πλοίων ἀναφερομένης τῆς φλογὸς διὰ τῶν ἱστίων καὶ τὰς
κεραίας καταφλεγούσης, τοῖς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως θεατρικὴν συνέβαινε γίνεσθαι
τὴν θέαν καὶ τοῖς δι᾽ ἀσέβειαν κεραυνωθεῖσι φαίνεσθαι παραπλησίαν τὴν
ἀπώλειαν τῶν βαρβάρων.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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