Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Historiae Romanae, book 68, chapter 27

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“27. [1α] Κοκκειανὸς δὲ Κάσιος Δίων, γραφαῖς Λατίνων τετρακοσίων ἔγραψε ταύτην τὴν Βαβυλῶνα σταδίων εἶναι.” Tzetz. Chil. 9, 572 s#3. “ ῾Ἡ δὲ Σεμίραμις ... πόλιν ... ἐπυργώσατο [p. 412] . ... σταδίων τὴν περίμετρον ἔχουσαν κατὰ Κοκκειανὸν Κάσσιον Δίωνα τετρακοσίων.” Tzetz. Exeg. in Hom. Il. p. 141, 15 s#3. “ ἔνθα ¹ μέντοι τήν τε ἄσφαλτον εἶδε Τραϊανὸς ἐξ ἧς τὰ τείχη Βαβυλῶνος ᾠκοδόμητο ῾τοσαύτην γὰρ ἀσφάλειαν πλίνθοις ὀπταῖς ἢ καὶ λίθοις λεπτοῖς συμμιχθεῖσα παρέχεται ὥστε καὶ πέτρας καὶ σιδήρου παντὸς ἰσχυρότερα αὐτὰ ποιεῖν᾽, [2] καὶ τὸ στόμιον ² ἐθεάσατο ἐξ οὗ πνεῦμα δεινὸν ἀναδίδοται, ὥστε πᾶν μὲν ἐπίγειον ζῷον πᾶν δὲ πετεινὸν ³ ἀποφθείρειν, εἰ καὶ ἐφ᾽ ὁποσονοῦν ὄσφροιτό τι αὐτοῦ. καὶ εἴπερ ἐπὶ πολὺ ἄνω ἐχώρει ἢ καὶ πέριξ ἐσκεδάννυτο, οὐδ᾽ ἂν ᾠκεῖτο ὁ χῶρος: νῦν δὲ αὐτὸ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἀνακυκλούμενον [3] κατὰ χώραν μένει. καὶ ἐκ τούτου τά τε ἐν ὑψηλοτέρῳ πετόμενα σώζεται καὶ τὰ πέριξ νεμόμενα. ⁴ εἶδον ἐγὼ τοιοῦτον ἕτερον ἐν Ἱεραπόλει τῆς Ἀσίας, καὶ ἐπειράθην αὐτοῦ δι᾽ ὀρνέων, αὐτός τε ὑπερκύψας καὶ αὐτὸς ἰδὼν ⁵ τὸ πνεῦμα: κατακέκλειταί ⁶ τε γὰρ ἐν δεξαμενῇ τινι, καὶ θέατρον ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ᾠκοδόμητο, φθείρει τε πάντα τὰ ἔμψυχα πλὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῶν τὰ αἰδοῖα ἀποτετμημένων. οὐ μὴν καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν αὐτοῦ συννοῆσαι ἔχω, λέγω δὲ ἅ τε εἶδον ὡς εἶδον καὶ ἃ ἤκουσα ὡς ἤκουσα. ”

1 e)/nqa C, e)ntau=qa V.

2 to\ sto/mion *wC, to\ *)/aornon sto/mion exc. Treu, Suid., Eust.

3 peteino\n *wC, pthno\n exc. Treu, Suid.

4 kai\ e)k tou/tou —nemo/mena exc. Treu, Suid., om. Xiph.

5 i)dw\n Rk., u(peridw\n *wC.

6 katake/kleitai/ Dind., katake/kleistai/ *wC.

Dio's Roman History. Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Earnest Cary. Herbert Baldwin Foster. William Heinemann, Harvard University Press. London; New York. 1914-. Keyboarding.

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