PHILOSTR. Vtebatur généré dicendi non Dithyrambi-
co , aut poeticis nominibus intumefcente,
ncc rurfiis nimis ieiuno, neque confuetudi-
nem Atticam excedente -, iniucundam enim
putabat orationem , quæ ab Attica medio-
crirate decederet. Scnrcntiæ -breites Sc fortes
erant. Nominibus autem vtebatltr pro-
priiSj atque ad res ipfas accommodatis t Sc
quæ ab ipfo proferebantur, fulminis Inftar
refonabäht* Antiquam Ninumprofe&useft,
ibi ftatuam barbaro more politam confpe-
xit. Eft autem Ino Inachi filia, cui ab vtroque 1G
tempore parua , Sc quafi mox progreflura,
prominent cornua. Porto Damis Apollonium
velutiDeum fufpiciebat , quo vtebatur la-
pientiæ magiftro, Sc quod di feebat, memoria
repétebat. Erat illi vox Aflyrio accommbda-
ta modulo, neque nimium loquax. Eretrij in
regione Medorum habitant , non longius à
Babylonc , quamdiurnoitinere curfor expe-
d iret. Gùm Eretrij tumulum feminaflènt, vieilli
barbàri circa meffis tempus dilcürrentes
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P H O T I Ï B I B L I O T H E C A . 1 0 22
libtos deiqdt de diüinatiohe &dc facrificiis PHILOSTR.
confcripfifle, cura diet multa admodum di-
feendi cupidiiïimus.Dixit larchas multa bona
erga homihes diuinationem fecifle, in quibus
præcipuum eft medicinæ donum. Non enim j Medicine
inquit, ij, qui fapientes in hafc arte habiti funt
Ælculapij nlij, tam multum pfoceflifTent, nifi
Apollinis filius Æfculapius expatris præfcri-
pto & Vaticiniomorbis vtilia remedia compo-
fuillèt,quoe ille deinceps filios docuit ac fami-
liares,quales herbas humidis vlceribus,qualëfÏOîI
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nibus pares die rradic , Sc alarum prtefidio in
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perarervolant autem non multum>fed quätum
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qux aues,fed rubta pellicula alarum cofta: tan*
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phiæ ftudens Scc. etfi omnium pulcherrima fit
ciuitatum,& mare proprium,Zephyrique fontes
habeatjfed pulcrius eft illam viris illis con-
decorari. Dicebat bene conftituendam ciuita-
temdifcordi indigereconcordia.Qupd autem
dico^tale qiiid eftiSeditiö quæ ad gladiosmu-
tuafqj lapidationes ciues deducit,è ciuitatibus
exterminanda penitus eft.Ciuitas enim puero-
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quafi rem hauticam imperite traget,
male fefe nauis habèbit j & ipfemèt quafi pro-
eella quædam nauim lacdet; Verùm fiæmula-
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ipfis prodcrit, qüantum fi Neptunus tutelam >
fecuritatémque polliceretur.Etenim fupplica*
uitj & multa de mifericordia locutus eft. La-
pidtim aceruum fuper eum coaceruallc; Som-
nia redeconiicient.Erat autem autumni tempus,
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per eThracia aduediis efièt, fupetftitit; & fii-
perftanSjApollo, define, inquit,.qua mea funt
j/pz'rr N O , ' #M°occupare: iam fatis enim te canentem pere"
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nem Damis inducere volebar. Oftende nobis
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ffentiS Vtaris; De Mufarum verb & Nereidum
lacrymis, quas mea caulk fiifas efle homines
perhibent. Mufe hue non perueniunt.' Nereides
autem nunc Sc frequenter accedunti
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