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e0n th~i sani/skhi. tw)rgu&reun de\ pu&raustron<br />

ou)k h2n i1dh Mu&lloj h2 Pataiki/skoj<br />

o) Lampri/wnoj, e0kbaleu~si ta_j kou&raj<br />

dokeu~ntej o1ntwj a)rgu&reun pepoih~sqai; 65<br />

o) bou~j de\ kw) a1gwn au)to_n h1 t' o)marteu~sa<br />

kw) grupo_j ou}toj kw) [a)n]a&silloj a1nqrwpoj<br />

ou)xi\ zoh_n ble/pousi kh)me/rhn pa&ntej;<br />

ei0 mh_ e0do&keun ti me/zon h2 gunh_ prh&sse<strong>in</strong>,<br />

a)nhla&lac' a1n, mh& m' o) bou~j ti phmh&nhi: 70<br />

ou1tw e0pilocoi=, Kunni/, th~i e0te/rhi kou&rhi.<br />

[KU.] a)lhq<strong>in</strong>ai/, Fi/lh, ga_r ai0 0Efesi/ou xei=rej<br />

e0j pa&nt' 0Apelle/w gra&mmat': ou)d' e0rei=j “kei=noj<br />

w1nqrwpoj e2n me\n ei]den, e2n d' a)phrnh&qh”,<br />

a)ll' w}i e0pi\ nou~n ge/noito kai\ qe/wn yau&e<strong>in</strong> 75<br />

h)pei/get'. o2j d' e0kei=non h2 e1rga ta_ e0kei/nou<br />

mh_ pamfalh&saj e0k di/khj o)rw&rhken,<br />

podo_j kre/mait' e0kei=noj e0n gnafe/wj oi1kwi.<br />

PHILE. Don’t you see, dear Kynno, what works are here! You would say<br />

that Athene carved these lovely th<strong>in</strong>g—greet<strong>in</strong>gs, Lady. This naked<br />

boy, I scratched him, won’t he have a wound, Kynno? For the flesh is<br />

laid on him <strong>in</strong> the pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g, puls<strong>in</strong>g like warm spr<strong>in</strong>gs. And the silver<br />

fire-tongs, if Myellos or Pataekiskos son <strong>of</strong> Lamprion sees them, won’t<br />

they lose their eyes th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g they are really made <strong>of</strong> silver? And the ox,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the man lead<strong>in</strong>g it, <strong>and</strong> the woman follow<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong> this hook-nosed<br />

man <strong>and</strong> the one with his hair stick<strong>in</strong>g up, don’t they all have the look <strong>of</strong><br />

life <strong>and</strong> day? If I don’t th<strong>in</strong>k I was act<strong>in</strong>g too boldly for a woman, I<br />

should have cried out, <strong>in</strong> case the ox might do some harm: he glances<br />

sideways so, Kynno with the one eye.<br />

KYNNO. Yes, Phile, the h<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> the Ephesian Apelles are truthful <strong>in</strong><br />

every l<strong>in</strong>e, nor would you say ‘That man looked at one th<strong>in</strong>g but rejected<br />

another,’ but whatever came <strong>in</strong>to his m<strong>in</strong>d he was quick <strong>and</strong> eager to<br />

attempt; <strong>and</strong> anyone who has looked on him or his works without just<br />

excitement ought to hang by the foot <strong>in</strong> the fuller’s house.<br />

Herodotus V B.C.<br />

Text: <strong>The</strong> text <strong>of</strong> all passages <strong>of</strong> Herodotus is taken from the edition <strong>of</strong> C. Hude, ed.,<br />

Herodoti Historiae (Oxford, 1908; repr., 1990).<br />

Translations are taken from the edition <strong>of</strong> D. Grene, tr., <strong>The</strong> History. Herodotus (Chicago<br />

<strong>and</strong> London, 1987).<br />

97<br />

Herodotus 1.70<br />

376

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