# Fragmenta 15-17

Megasthenes, Fragmenta, 15 to 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/megasthenes/fragmenta/15

Μεγασθένους ἀκούω λέγοντος περὶ τὴν τῶν Ἰνδῶν θάλατταν γίγνεσθαί τι ἰχθύδιον, καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ὅταν ζῇ, ἀθέατον εἶναι, κάτω πουνηχόμενον καὶ ἐν βυθῷ, ἀποθανὸν δὲ ἀναπλεῖν· οὗ τὸν ἁψάμενον λειποθυμεῖν καὶ ἐκθνήσκειν τὰ πρῶτα, εἶτα μέντοι καὶ ἀποθνήσκειν. Μεγασθένην δὲ τὸν τὰ Ἰνδικὴν θαλάττῃ δένδρεα φύεσθαι (sc. Καλλίμαχός φησιν).

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MEGASTHENES, 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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