<w lemma="%2A%28h">Ἡ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29iase%2Fwn">Ἰασέων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flis">πόλις</w> <w lemma="kei%3Dtai">κεῖται</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fas">Ἀσίας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="ko%2Flpw%7C">κόλπῳ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="metacu%5C">μεταξὺ</w> <w lemma="keime%2Fnw%7C">κειμένῳ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Amilhsi%2Fas">Μιλησίας</w> <w lemma="%2Aposeidi%2Fou">Ποσειδίου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Amundi%2Fwn">Μυνδίων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w>, <w lemma="prosagoreuome%2Fnw%7C">προσαγορευομένῳ</w> ?<w lemma=""></w>*, <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstois">πλείστοις</w> <w lemma="%2Abargulihtikw%3D%7C">Βαργυλιητικῷ</w> <w lemma="sunwnu%2Fmws">συνωνύμως</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="muxo%5Cn">μυχὸν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flesin">πόλεσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29ktisme%2Fnais">ἐκτισμέναις</w>.
<w lemma="eu%29%2Fxontai">εὔχονται</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fkaqen">ἀνέκαθεν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29argei%2Fwn">Ἀργείων</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fpoikoi">ἄποικοι</w> <w lemma="gegone%2Fnai">γεγονέναι</w>, <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="%2Amilhsi%2Fwn">Μιλησίων</w>, <w lemma="e%29pagagome%2Fnwn">ἐπαγαγομένων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="progo%2Fnwn">προγόνων</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Anhle%2Fws">Νηλέως</w> <w lemma="ui%28o%5Cn">υἱὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kti%2Fsantos">κτίσαντος</w> <w lemma="%2Ami%2Flhton">Μίλητον</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Akarikw%3D%7C">Καρικῷ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmw%7C">πολέμῳ</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnhn">γενομένην</w> <w lemma="fqora%5Cn">φθορὰν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w>. <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgeqos">μέγεθος</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flew%2Fs">πόλεώς</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="sta%2Fdia">στάδια</w>.
<w lemma="katapefh%2Fmistai">καταπεφήμισται</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pepi%2Fsteutai">πεπίστευται</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Abargulih%2Ftais">Βαργυλιήταις</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Akindua%2Fdos">Κινδυάδος</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arte%2Fmidos">Ἀρτέμιδος</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fgalma">ἄγαλμα</w>, <w lemma="kai%2Fper">καίπερ</w> <w lemma="o%29%5Cn">ὂν</w> <w lemma="u%28pai%2Fqrion">ὑπαίθριον</w>, <w lemma="ou%29%2Fte">οὔτε</w> <w lemma="ni%2Ffetai">νίφεται</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="para%2Fpan">παράπαν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fte">οὔτε</w> <w lemma="bre%2Fxetai">βρέχεται</w>,
<w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29iaseu%3Dsi">Ἰασεῦσι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29astia%2Fdos:">Ἀστιάδος·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta%2F">ταῦτά</w> <w lemma="tines">τινες</w> <w lemma="ei%29rh%2Fkasi">εἰρήκασι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="suggrafe%2Fwn">συγγραφέων</w>.
<w lemma="e%29gw%5C">ἐγὼ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Ftas">τοιαύτας</w> <w lemma="a%29pofa%2Fseis">ἀποφάσεις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28storiogra%2Ffwn">ἱστοριογράφων</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="oi%29%3Dd%27">οἶδ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fpws">ὅπως</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flhn">ὅλην</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pragmatei%2Fan">πραγματείαν</w> <w lemma="e%29nantiou%2Fmenos">ἐναντιούμενος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dusanasxetw%3Dn">δυσανασχετῶν</w> <w lemma="diatelw%3D">διατελῶ</w>.
<w lemma="dokei%3D">δοκεῖ</w> <w lemma="ga%2Fr">γάρ</w> <w lemma="moi">μοι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="toiau%3Dta">τοιαῦτα</w> <w lemma="panta%2Fpasi">παντάπασι</w> <w lemma="paidikh%3Ds">παιδικῆς</w> <w lemma="eu%29hqei%2Fas">εὐηθείας</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fsa">ὅσα</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="eu%29lo%2Fgwn">εὐλόγων</w> <w lemma="e%29kto%5Cs">ἐκτὸς</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fptei">πίπτει</w> <w lemma="qewri%2Fas">θεωρίας</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="dunatou%3D">δυνατοῦ</w>.
<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="fa%2Fskein">φάσκειν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fnia">ἔνια</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="swma%2Ftwn">σωμάτων</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="fwti%5C">φωτὶ</w> <w lemma="tiqe%2Fmena">τιθέμενα</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w> <w lemma="skia%5Cn">σκιὰν</w> <w lemma="a%29phlghkui%2Fas">ἀπηλγηκυίας</w> <w lemma="e%29sti%5C">ἐστὶ</w> <w lemma="yuxh%3Ds:">ψυχῆς·</w> <w lemma="o%28%5C">ὃ</w> <w lemma="pepoi%2Fhke">πεποίηκε</w> <w lemma="%2Aqeo%2Fpompos">Θεόπομπος</w>, <w lemma="fh%2Fsas">φήσας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Adio%5Cs">Διὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fbaton">ἄβατον</w> <w lemma="e%29mba%2Fntas">ἐμβάντας</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arkadi%2Fan">Ἀρκαδίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29ski%2Fous">ἀσκίους</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w>.
<w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="paraplh%2Fsio%2Fn">παραπλήσιόν</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="nuni%5C">νυνὶ</w> <w lemma="lego%2Fmenon">λεγόμενον</w>.
<w lemma="o%28%2Fsa">ὅσα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="suntei%2Fnei">συντείνει</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="diasw%2F%7Czein">διασῴζειν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqous">πλήθους</w> <w lemma="eu%29se%2Fbeian">εὐσέβειαν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="qei%3Don">θεῖον</w>, <w lemma="dote%2Fon">δοτέον</w> <w lemma="e%29sti%5C">ἐστὶ</w> <w lemma="suggnw%2Fmhn">συγγνώμην</w> <w lemma="e%29ni%2Fois">ἐνίοις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="suggrafe%2Fwn">συγγραφέων</w> <w lemma="terateuome%2Fnois">τερατευομένοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="logopoiou%3Dsi">λογοποιοῦσι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="toiau%3Dta:">τοιαῦτα·</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28perai%3Dron">ὑπεραῖρον</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="sugxwrhte%2Fon">συγχωρητέον</w>.
<w lemma="ta%2Fxa">τάχα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="panti%5C">παντὶ</w> <w lemma="duspara%2Fgrafo%2Fs">δυσπαράγραφός</w> <w lemma="e%29stin">ἐστιν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="poso%2Fths">ποσότης</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29para%2Fgrafo%2Fs">ἀπαράγραφός</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w>.
<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="braxu%5C">βραχὺ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="a%29gnoei%3Dtai">ἀγνοεῖται</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="yeudodocei%3Dtai">ψευδοδοξεῖται</w>, <w lemma="dedo%2Fsqw">δεδόσθω</w> <w lemma="suggnw%2Fmh">συγγνώμη</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28perai%3Dron">ὑπεραῖρον</w> <w lemma="a%29qetei%2Fsqw">ἀθετείσθω</w> <w lemma="kata%2F">κατά</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29mh%5Cn">ἐμὴν</w> <w lemma="do%2Fcan">δόξαν</w>.
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<head>Description of Iassus</head>The town of Iassus is situated in Asia on the gulf<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note18">Legends of Iassus and Bargylia.</note>between the temple of Poseidmen, the territory of Miletus, and the city of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Myndus&groupId=780&placeId=1414">Myndus</a>, called the gulf [of Iassus by some]. but by most the gulf of Bargylia from the names of the cities built upon its inner coast. The Iassians boast of being originally colonists from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Argos&groupId=361&placeId=689">Argos</a>, and more recently from Miletus, their ancestors having invited to their town the son of Neleus, the founder of Miletus, owing to their losses in the war with the Carians. The size of the town is ten stades. Among the people of Bargylia it is a common report widely believed that the statue of the Kindyan Artemis, though in the open air, is never touched by snow or<pb n="181" />rain; and the same belief is held among the Iassians as to the Artemis Astias.<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note19">An inscription found at Iassus [C. I. G. 2683] has confirmed this name which is found in one MS. instead of<term>Hestias.</term>Whether the meaning of the title is Artemis of the City, or some local designation, is uncertain.</note>All these stories have been repeated by certain historians. But, for my part, I have in the whole course of my work set myself against such statements of our historiographers and have had no toleration for them. For it appears to me that such tales are only fit to amuse children, when they transgress not only the limits of probability but even those of possibility. For instance, to say that certain bodies when placed in full light cast no shadow argues a state of quite deplorable folly. But Theopompus has done this; for he says that those who enter the holy precinct of Zeus in Arcadia cast no shadow, which is on a par with the statements to which I have just referred. Now, in so far as such tales tend to preserve the reverence of the vulgar for religion, a certain allowance may be made for some historians when they record these miraculous legends. But they must not be allowed to go too far. Perhaps it is difficult to assign a limit in such a matter; still it is not impossible. Therefore, in my judgment, such displays of ignorance and delusion should be pardoned if they do not go very far, but anything like extravagance in them should be rejected.
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