# Fragmenta 171-171a

Joannes Antiochenus, Fragmenta, 171 to 171a. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-antiochenus/fragmenta/171

Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ μέγας λίθους πολυτελεῖς πέμψας τοῖς πέρας Ἴστρου ἔθνεσιν, ἐπέγραψε «Τῷ μείζονι τῷ δῶρον.» Τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτοῖς αἴτιον ἀπωλείας. Περὶ δὲ τοῦ Βοσπορίου ἐπωνυμίας ταῦα φησὶν Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἀντιοχεὺς, ὅτι εἰς τὸ σιγματοειδὲς τοῦ τείχους εἶχον ἔθος πωλεῖν τοὺς βόας (ὃ καὶ ἐκράτει μέχρι τοῦ Κοπρωύμου), εἷς δέ ποτε βοῦς οἰστρηλατήσας εἰσῆλθε τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ ἐπέρασεν εἰς Χρυσόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη Βοσπόριον.

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JOANNES ANTIOCHENUS, 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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