# Peri Apiston Περὶ τοῦ χρυσοῦ δέρους.

Anonymi Paradoxographi, Peri Apiston, Περὶ τοῦ χρυσοῦ δέρους.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymi-paradoxographi/peri-apiston/%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%E1%BD%B6%20%CF%84%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%20%CF%87%CF%81%CF%85%CF%83%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%20%CE%B4%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82.

Ὅτι τὸ ἐν Κόλχοις φυλασσόμενον οὐκ ἦν δέρας ἀληθῶς χρυσοῦν (τοῦτο γὰρ ποιητικευόμενόν ἐστιν), ἀλλὰ βιβλίον ἐν δέρμασι γεγραμμένον περιέχον ὅπως δεῖ γίνεσθαι διὰ χειμείας χρυσόν. εἰκότως οὖν οἱ τότε χρυσοῦν ὠνόμαζον αὐτὸ διὰ τὴν ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐνέργειαν.

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Anonymi Paradoxographi, Peri Apiston, ed. Nicola Festa. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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