# Fragmenta 18

Dino, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg2_DINO. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dino/fragmenta/18

Καὶ τὸ παράσημον δὲ, ὃ ἐπετίθεντο τῇ κεφαλῇ οἱ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεῖς, οὐδ ̓ αὐτὸ ἠρνεῖτο τὴν τῆς ἡδυπαθείας ἀπόλαυσιν. Κατεσκευάζετο γὰρ, ὥς φησι Δείνων, ἐκ σμύρνης καὶ τοῦ καλουμένου λαβύζου. Εὐώδης δ ̓ ἐστὶν ἡ λάβυζος, καὶ πολυτιμότερον τῆς σμύρνης, Ὁπότε δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἅρματος κατίοι, φησὶ, βασιλεὺς, οὔτε καθήλλετο ὀλίγου ὄντος ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τοῦ ὕψους, οὔτε διὰ χειρῶν ἐρειδόμενος, ἀλλ ̓ ἀεὶ αὐτῷ χρυσοῦς δίφρος ἐτίθετο, καὶ τούτῳ ἐπιβαίνων κατῄει· καὶ ὁ βασιλέως διφροφόρος εἰς τοῦτο εἵπετο.

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