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ΣΚΑΜΑΝΔΡΟΣ.

α. ἔγνως, ὦ παῖ, ταῦτα Ὁμήρου ὄντα ἢ οὐ πώποτε ἔγνωκας δηλαδὴ θαῦμα ἡγούμενος, ὅπως δήποτε ἔζη τὸ πῦρ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι; συμβάλλωμεν οὖν, ὅ τι νοεῖ, σὺ δὲ ἀπόβλεψον αὐτῶν, ὅσον ἐκεῖνα ἰδεῖν, ἀφ᾽ ὧν ἡ γραφή. οἶσθά που τῆς Ἰλιάδος τὴν γνώμην, ἐν οἷς Ὅμηρος ἀνίστησι μὲν τὸν Ἀχιλλέα ἐπὶ τῷ Πατρόκλῳ, κινοῦνται δὲ οἱ θεοὶ πολεμεῖν ἀλλήλοις. τούτων οὖν τῶν περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ἡ γραφὴ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα οὐκ οἶδε, τὸν δὲ Ἥφαιστον ἐμπεσεῖν φησι τῷ Σκαμάνδρῳ πολὺν καὶ ἄκρατον. ὅρα δὴ πάλιν: πάντα ἐκεῖθεν: ὑψηλὴ μὲν αὕτη ἡ πόλις καὶ ταυτὶ τὰ κρήδεμνα τοῦ Ἰλίου, πεδίον δὲ τουτὶ μέγα καὶ ἀποχρῶν τὴν Ἀσίαν πρὸς τὴν Εὐρώπην ἀντιτάξαι, πῦρ δὲ τοῦτο πολὺ μὲν πλημμυρεῖ κατὰ τοῦ πεδίου, πολὺ δὲ περὶ τὰς ὄχθας ἕρπει τοῦ ποταμοῦ, ὡς μηκέτι αὐτῷ δένδρα εἶναι. τὸ δὲ ἀμφὶ τὸν Ἥφαιστον πῦρ ἐπιρρεῖ τῷ ὕδατι, καὶ ὁ ποταμὸς ἀλγεῖ καὶ ἱκετεύει τὸν Ἥφαιστον αὐτός. ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε ὁ ποταμὸς γέγραπται κομῶν, ὑπὸ τοῦ περικεκαῦσθαι, οὔτε χωλεύων ὁ Ἥφαιστος, ὑπὸ τοῦ τρέχειν. καὶ τὸ ἄνθος τοῦ πυρὸς οὐ ξανθόν, οὐδὲ τῇ εἰθισμένῃ ὄψει, ἀλλὰ χρυσοειδὲς καὶ ἡλιοειδές. ταῦτα οὐκέτι Ὁμήρου. [p. 297]

Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Lemnian (Philostratus Major). Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.

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