ὠνομάσθη δ᾽ ἡ Σῖρις, ὡς μὲν Τίμαιός φησιν καὶ Εὐριπίδης ἐν Δεσμώτιδι Μελανίππῃ,4 ἀπὸ γυναικὸς [p. 360] ’
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οὐδ᾽ ἐρατός, οἷος ἀμφὶ Σίριος ῥοάς.
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‘ τρυφὴν ἐξώκειλαν οὐχ ἧσσον Συβαριτῶν. καὶ γὰρ ἰδίως παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς ἐπεχωρίασεν φορεῖν ἀνθινοὺς χιτῶνας, οὓς ἐζώννυντο μίτραις πολυτελέσιν, καὶ ἐκαλοῦντο διὰ τοῦτο ὑπὸ τῶν περιοίκων μιτροχίτωνες, ἐπεὶ Ὅμηρος τοὺς ἀζώστους ἀμιτροχίτωνας καλεῖ. καὶ Ἀρχίλοχος δ᾽ ὁ ποιητὴς ὑπερτεθαύμακε τὴν χώραν τῶν Σιριτῶν διὰ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν. περὶ γοῦν τῆς Θάσου λέγων ὡς ἥσσονός φησιν
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