Aelius Aristides 16, Cyzicus Panegyric
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§ 236 All men, I believe, would have sufficient reason for speaking in the present circumstance....
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§ 237 I think that even the Hyperboreans...
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§ 238 But it can be said that it not only possesses a great sea,...
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§ 239 one would swim to it from the continent. So both the whole island and the city are no less distinguished in their nature than the greatest islands,...
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§ 240 I have come to the tempest itself. How should I say all that I wish? But I should say as much as,...
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§ 241 There are walks which traverse it all about,...
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§ 242 It is these who have exalted the proverb to the highest degree and through the greatest deeds have defined it,...
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§ 243 had been made temperate by the gods, they made them an addition to their empire,...
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§ 244 This conception of theirs also seems to me in keeping with their form of government....
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§ 245 Some men by adding palisades and walls increase their empires with some small and truly mortal possessions....
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§ 246 We should be grateful to the gods, but we should congratulate the emperors and join in prayer for them....
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§ 247 Now you must regard all cities as sisters to one another,...
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