# Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17) 5.3

Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), Book XI, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diodorus-siculus/books-11-17/5.3

ὁ δὲ σύμπας ὄχλος τῶν τε ἐν ταῖς μακραῖς ναυσὶν ὄντων καὶ τῶν τὴν ἀγορὰν καὶ τὴν ἄλλην παρασκευὴν κομιζόντων οὐκ ἐλάττων ἦν τῶν προειρημένων, ὥστε μηδὲν θαυμαστὸν εἶναι τὸ λεγόμενον ὑπὲρ τοῦ πλήθους τῶν ὑπὸ Ξέρξου συναχθέντων· φασὶ γὰρ τοὺς ἀενάους ποταμοὺς διὰ τὴν τοῦ πλήθους συνέχειαν ἐπιλιπεῖν, τὰ δὲ πελάγη τοῖς τῶν νεῶν ἱστίοις κατακαλυφθῆναι. μέγισται μὲν οὖν δυνάμεις τῶν εἰς ἱστορικὴν μνήμην παραδεδομένων αἱ μετὰ Ξέρξου γενόμεναι παραδέδονται.

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Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), ed. C. H. Oldfather, Charles L. Sherman, C. Bradford Welles. 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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