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ὅμοιον, δέ τί ἐστιν καὶ τὸ τῆς σαμβακης. μόσχος δ᾽ ἐν πρώτῳ Μηχανικῶν Ῥωμαικὸν εἶναι λέγει τὸ μηχάνημα καὶ Ἡρακλείδην τὸν Ταραντῖνον εὑρεῖν αὐτοῦ τὸ εἶδος. Πολύβιος δ᾽ ἐν τῇ ὀγδόῃ τῶν Ἱστοριῶν ‘ Μάρκελλος, φησί, δυσχρηστούμενος ἐν τῇ Συρακουσῶν πολιορκίᾳ ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀρχιμήδους κατασκευασμάτων ἔλεγεν ταῖς μὲν ναυσὶν αὑτοῦ κυαθίζειν ἐκ θαλάσσης Ἀρχιμήδην, τὰς δὲ σαμβύκας ῥαπιζομένας ὥσπερ ἐκ πότου μετ᾽ αἰσχύνης ἐκπεπτωκέναι.’ 35.
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εἰπόντος δὲ ἐπὶ τούτοις Αἰμιλιανοῦ: ‘ ἀλλὰ μήν,
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