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ἤκουσα δ ὲ κ α ὶ ἄλ λ ο ν ἐν Λαρίσῃ λόγον, ὡς ἐν τ ῷ Ὀλύμπῳ. πόλις ο ἰκ ο ῖτ ο Λίβηθρα, ᾗ ἐπ ὶ Μακεδονίας τέτραπται τ ὸ ὄρος, κ α ὶ ε ἶν α ι ο ὐ πόρρω τ ῆς πόλεως τ ὸ τ ο ῦ Ὀρφέως μ ν ῆμ α : ἀφικέσθαι δ ὲ τ ο ῖς Λιβηθρίοις π α ρ ὰ τ ο ῦ Διονύσου μάντευμα ἐκ Θ ρ ᾴκης, ἐπειδὰν ἴδ ῃ τ ὰ ὀσ τ ᾶ τ ο ῦ Ὀρφέως ἥλιος, τηνικαῦτ α ὑπ ὸ σ υ ὸς ἀπολεῖσθαι Λιβηθρίοις τ ὴν πόλιν. ο ἱ μ ὲν δ ι ᾽ ο ὐ π ο λ λ ῆς φροντίδος ἐποιοῦν τ ο τ ὸν χρησμόν, ο ὐδ ὲ ἄλ λ ο τ ι θηρίον ο ὕτ ω μέγα κ α ὶ ἄλκιμον ἔσεσθαι νομίζοντες ὡς ἑλ ε ῖν σ φ ι σ ι τ ὴν πόλιν, σ υ ὶ δ ὲ θρασύτητος μ ε τ ε ῖν α ι μ ᾶλ λ ο ν ἢ ἰσχύος.
Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae Descriptio, 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
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