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‘ ἐγκεκλίσθαι τὴν
θάλασσαν ὀλίγῳ τῶν ὀκτὼ μερῶν τοῦ παντὸς ἔλαττον, ὡς αὐτῷ 1
κατεφαίνετο: δύο δ᾽ [p. 528] αὐτὴν ἔχειν ἀναστομώσεις πυρὸς
ἐμβάλλοντας 2 ἐναντίους ποταμοὺς δεχομένας, ὡς 3 ἐπὶ πλεῖστον
ἀνακοπτομένην κοχλάζειν 4 καὶ ἀπολευκαίνεσθαι τὴν γλαυκότητα. ταῦτα μὲν
οὖν ὁρᾶν τερπόμενος τῇ θέᾳ: κάτω δ᾽
ἀπιδόντι φαίνεσθαι χάσμα μέγα στρογγύλον οἷον ἐκτετμημένης σφαίρας,
φοβερὸν δὲ δεινῶς καὶ βαθύ, πολλοῦ σκότους πλῆρες οὐχ ἡσυχάζοντος ἀλλ᾽
ἐκταραττομένου καὶ ἀνακλύζοντος πολλάκις: ὅθεν ἀκούεσθαι μυρίας μὲν
ὠρυγὰς καὶ στεναγμοὺς ζῴων μυρίων δὲ
κλαυθμὸν βρεφῶν καὶ μεμιγμένους ἀνδρῶν καὶ γυναικῶν ὀδυρμούς, ψόφους
δὲ παντοδαποὺς καὶ θορύβους ἐκ βάθους πόρρωθεν ἀμυδροὺς ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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