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[6] Ἐκεῖνον μὲν οὖν παρεμυθεῖτο Πολύχαρμος, ἤδη δὲ καὶ Διονύσιος πλησίον ἐγένετο Βαβυλῶνος καὶ ἡ φήμη προκατελάμβανε τὴν πόλιν, ἀπαγγέλλουσα πᾶσιν ὅτι παραγίνεται γυνή, κάλλος οὐκ ἀνθρώπινον ἀλλά τι θεῖον, ὁποίαν ἐπὶ γῆς ἄλλην ἥλιος οὐχ ὁρᾷ: φύσει δέ ἐστι τὸ βάρβαρον γυναιμανές, ὥστε πᾶσα οἰκία καὶ πᾶς στενωπὸς ἐπεπλήρωτο τῆς δόξης: διέβαινε δὲ ἡ φήμη μέχρις αὐτοῦ βασιλέως, ὥστε καὶ ἤρετο Ἀρταξάτην τὸν εὐνοῦχον εἰ πάρεστιν ἡ Μιλησία.
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