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ἄξιον δὲ καὶ τὸ Καλανοῦ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ τέλος ἐπαινέσαι: ἄλλος δ᾽ ἂν εἶπεν ὅτι καὶ ἀγασθῆναι. ἐγένετο δὲ τοιοῦτον. Καλανὸς ὁ Ἰνδῶν σοφιστὴς μακρὰ χαίρειν φράσας Ἀλεξάνδρῳ καὶ Μακεδόσι καὶ τῷ βίῳ, ὅτε ἐβουλήθη ἀπολῦσαι αὑτὸν ἐκ τῶν τοῦ σώματος δεσμῶν, ἐνένηστο μὲν ἡ πυρὰ ἐν τῷ καλλίστῳ προαστείῳ τῆς Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ ἦν τὰ ξύλα αὖα καὶ πρὸς εὐωδίαν εὖ μάλα ἐπίλεκτα κέδρου καὶ θύου καὶ κυπαρίττου καὶ μυρσίνης καὶ δάφνης: αὐτὸς δὲ γυμνασάμενος γυμνάσιον τὸ εἰωθός ῾ἦν δὲ αὐτὸ δρόμοσ᾽, ἀνελθὼν ἐπὶ μέσης τῆς πυρᾶς ἔστη ἐστεφανωμένος καλάμου κόμῃ. καὶ ὁ μὲν ἥλιος αὐτὸν προσέβαλλεν, ὃ δὲ αὐτὸν προσεκύνει, καὶ τοῦτο ἦν τὸ σύνθημα ἐς τὸ ἐξάπτειν τὴν πυρὰν τοῖς Μακεδόσι. καὶ τὸ μὲν δέδρατο, ὃ δὲ περιληφθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς φλογὸς ἀτρέπτως εἱστήκει, καὶ οὐ πρότερον ἀνετράπη πρὶν ἢ διελύθη. ἐνταῦθά φασιν ἐκπλαγῆναι καὶ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον καὶ εἰπεῖν ὅτι μείζονας ἀντιπάλους αὐτοῦ Καλανὸς κατηγωνίσατο. ὃ μὲν γὰρ πρὸς Πῶρον καὶ Ταξίλην καὶ Δαρεῖον διήθλησεν, ὁ δὲ Καλανὸς πρὸς τὸν πόνον καὶ τὸν θάνατον. [p. 74]
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. Keyboarding.
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