# Noctes Atticae 17.10.9

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, Book 17, Chapter 10. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/aulus-gellius/noctes-atticae/17.10.9

Atque uti vosmet ipsos, inquit, eius quod dico arbitros faciam, carmen Pindari quod est super monte Aetna, quantulum est mihi memoriae, dicam: Τᾶς ἐρεύγονται μὲν ἀπλάτου πυρὸς ἁγνόταται Ἐκ μυχῶν παγαί· ποταμοὶ δʼ ἁμέροισιν μὲν προχέοντιμυχῶν παγαί· ποταμοὶ δʼ ἁμέροισιν μὲν προχέοντι ῥόον καπνοῦ Αἴθωνʼ· ἀλλʼ ἐν ὄρφναισιν πέτρας Φοίνισσα κυλινδομένα φλὸξ ἐς βαθεῖαν φέρει πόντου πλάκα σὺν πατάγῳ. Κεῖνο δʼ Ἀφαίστοιο κρουνοὺς ἑρπετὸν Δεινοτάτους ἀναπέμπει· τέρας μὲν θαυμάσιον προσιδέσθαι, θαῦμα δὲ καὶ παρεόντων ἀκοῦσαι.

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Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, ed. John C. Rolfe. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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