# Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία 2.61.2

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία, Book 2, Chapter 61. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dionysius-of-halicarnassus/text-2/2.61.2

λαβεῖν δὲ αὐτὸν τὴν τούτων μίμησιν ἀποφαίνουσιν ἐκ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν παραδειγμάτων ζηλωτὴν γενόμενον τῆς τε Μίνω τοῦ Κρητὸς καὶ τῆς Λυκούργου τοῦ Λακεδαιμονίου σοφίας· ὧν ὁ μὲν ὁμιλητὴς ἔφη γενέσθαι τοῦ Διὸς καὶ φοιτῶν εἰς τὸ Δικταῖον ὄρος, ἐν ᾧ τραφῆναι τὸν Δία μυθολογοῦσιν οἱ Κρῆτες ὑπὸ τῶν Κουρήτων νεογνὸν ὄντα, κατέβαινεν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν ἄντρον καὶ τοὺς νόμους ἐκεῖ συντιθεὶς ἐκόμιζεν, οὓς ἀπέφαινε παρὰ τοῦ Διὸς λαμβάνειν· ὁ δὲ Λυκοῦργος εἰς Δελφοὺς ἀφικνούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἀρχαιολογία, ed. Karl Jacoby. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0081.tlg001.local001/.