ὁ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἱστορεῖ κἀν Θηράσι ταῖς νήσοις ”
ἰδὼν Σέλευκον ἡδέως τὸν βασιλέα
ἔγραψα καὶ παρέδειξα τοῖς πολλοῖς ὅτι
κἂν τὸ τυχὸν ᾖ πραγμάτιον ἢ σφόδρ᾽ εὐτελές,
σεμνὸν δύναται τοῦθ᾽ ἡ δύναμις ἡ 'μὴ ποιεῖν. '
γέροντα Θάσιον τόν τε γῆς ἀπ᾽ ' Ἀτθίδος
ἑσμὸν μελίσσης τῆς ἀκραχόλου γλυκὺν
συγκυρκανήσας ἐν σκύφῳ χυτῆς λίθου,
Δήμητρος ἀκτῇ πᾶν γεφυρώσας ὑγρόν,
κατῃσίμωσα πῶμα, καύματος λύσιν.
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