# De Incredibilibus [Περὶ Ζήθου καὶ Ἀμφίονος.]

Palaiphatos, De Incredibilibus, [Περὶ Ζήθου καὶ Ἀμφίονος.]. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/palaiphatos/de-incredibilibus/%5B%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%E1%BD%B6%20%CE%96%CE%AE%CE%B8%CE%BF%CF%85%20%CE%BA%CE%B1%E1%BD%B6%20%E1%BC%88%CE%BC%CF%86%CE%AF%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82.%5D

Περὶ Ζήθου καὶ Ἀμφίονος ἱστοροῦσιν ἄλλοι τε καὶ Ἡσίοδος ὅτι κιθάρᾳ τὸ τεῖχος τῆς Θήβης ἐτείχισαν. δοκοῦσι δὲ ἔνιοι κιθαρίζειν ‹μὲν› αὐτούς, τοὺς δὲ λίθους αὐτομάτως ἀναβαίνειν ἐπὶ τὸ τεῖχος. τὸ δὲ ἀληθὲς ἔχει ὧδε. κιθαρῳδοὶ οὗτοι ἄριστοι ἐγένοντο καὶ ἐπεδείκνυντο μισθῷ. ἀργύριον δὲ οὐκ εἶχον οἱ τότε ἄνθρωποι. ἐκέλευον οὖν οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀμφίονα, εἴ τις βούλοιτο ἀκούειν αὐτῶν, ἐρχόμενος ἐργάζεσθαι ἐπὶ τὸ τεῖχος· οὐ μέντοι οἱ λίθοι εἵποντο ἀκροώμενοι. εὐλόγως οὖν ἔλεγον οἱ ἄνθρωποι ὅτι λύρᾳ τὸ τεῖχος ἐτειχίσθη.

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Palaiphatos, De Incredibilibus, ed. Nicola Festa. 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/tlg1553.tlg001.local001/.