# Fragmenta 23

Herodorus Heracleensis, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg2_HERODORUS_HERACLEENSIS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodorus-heracleensis/fragmenta/23

Ἡρόδωρος ξένως περὶ τῶν δεσμῶν τοῦ Προμηθέως ταῦτα· εἶναι γὰρ αὐτὸν τὸν Σκυθῶν βασιλέα φησὶ, καὶ μὴ δυνάμενον παρέχειν τοῖς ὑπηκόοις τὰ ἐπιτήδεια, διὰ τὸ τὸν καλούμενον Ἀετὸν ποταμὸν ἐπικλύζειν τὰ πεδία, δεθῆναι ὑπὸ τῶν Σκυθῶν· ἐπιφανέντα δὲ Ἡρακλέα, τὸν μὲν ποταμὸν ἀποστρέψαι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο μεμυθεῦσθαι ἀνῃρηκέναι τὸν ἀετὸν Ἡρακλέα· τὸν δὲ Προμηθέα λῦσαι τῶν δεσμῶν.

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HERODORUS HERACLEENSIS, Fragmenta. 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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