# Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 3.7e.4

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, Book 3, Chapter 7e. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/valerius-maximus/facta-et-dicta-memorabilia/3.7e.4

Phidias quoque Homeri uersibus egregio dicto adlusit: simulacro enim Iouis Olympii perfecto, quo nullum praestantius aut admirabilius humanae † fabricae manus, interrogatus ab amico quonam mentem suam dirigens uultum Iouis propemodum ex ipso caelo petitum eboris liniamentis esset amplexus, illis se uersibus quasi magistro usum respondit, h)=, kai\ kuane/h|sin e)p' o)fru/si neu=se *kroni/wn: a)mbro/siai d' a)/ra xai=tai e)perrw/santo a)/naktos krato\s a)p' a)qana/toio: me/gan d' e)le/licen *)/olumpon.

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Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, ed. Karl Friedrich Kempf. 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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