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ἀλλ᾽ ἦν ἄριστος ἐσθίειν τε καὶ πίνειν
κἠρᾶν,10 τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα πάντα κατὰ πετρῶν ὤθει. [p. 396]
ὡς δ᾽ ἀπέθαν᾽ ὡνήρ, πᾶσι κατέλιπε ῥῆσιν
ὅκου Νίνος νῦν ἐστι καὶ τὸ σῆμ᾽ ᾁδει:
ἄκουσον, εἴτ᾽ Ἀσσύριος εἴτε καὶ Μῆδος
εἶς ἢ Κόραξος ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄνω λιμνῶν
Σινδὸς κομήτης: οὐ γὰρ ἀλλὰ κηρύσσω:
ἐγὼ Νίνος πάλαι ποτ᾽ ἐγενόμην πνεῦμα,
νῦν δ᾽ οὐκ ἔτ᾽ οὐδέν, ἀλλὰ γῆ πεποίημαι.
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