[121] And they used to call Delos Anaphe, confirming the account here given by both names, since when it appeared above the waters
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it became evident,
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having been formerly invisible and unseen.
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on which account Pindar says respecting Delos—
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For Pindar has here called Delos the daughter of the ocean, intending by this enigmatical expression to convey the idea which I have mentioned.
"Hail, island raised by God,
Chosen abode
Of fair Latona’s son with golden hair.
Hail, ocean’s youngest child,
The last immoveable domain
That o’er his bosom smiled.
Upraised from beneath the billowy main
Mortals may call you Delos, but the choir
That dwells upon Olympus’ height,
Their chosen bards inspire
To praise thee as earth’s brightest, holiest light."
De Aeternitate Mundi. Philo Judaeus. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). Germany. 2023-08-01.
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