Anonymi Paradoxographi De Incredibilibus (excerpta Vaticana) 2

ed. Nicola Festa

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Τὰ ἑπτὰ θεάματα.

ὁ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ Ζεὺς πήχεων λϛʹ. ὁ τῆς Ἐφεσίας Ἀρτέμιδος ναός. ὁ ἐν Δήλῳ κεράτινος βωμός, ὃς λέγεται γενέσθαι ἐκ θυμάτων τοῦ θεοῦ μιᾶς ἡμέρας δεξιῶν κεράτων. τὸ Μαυσώλειον τὸ ἐν Ἁλικαρνασῷ. αἱ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ πυραμίδες, ὧν ἡ μείζων πήχεις ἔχει υʹ. τὰ Βαβυλώνια τείχη. ὁ ἐν Ῥόδῳ κολοσσὸς πήχεων οʹ, ὃν ἐποίησε Χάρης ὁ Λίνδιος.

Τινὲς δὲ τάττουσι καὶ τὸν ἐν Ἐπιδαύρῳ Ἀσκληπιὸν καὶ τὸν ἐν Παρίῳ βωμὸν καὶ τοὺς κρεμαστοὺς κήπους καὶ τὴν ἱσταμένην Ἀθηνᾶν ἐν Ἀθήναις καὶ τὰ Κύρου βασίλεια.

De Incredibilibus (excerpta Vaticana). Anonymi Paradoxographi. ed. Nicola Festa. Leipzig. 1902.

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Peri Apiston (Greek) (Anonymi Paradoxographi. Mythographi Graeci. Vol. 3, fasc. 2.Festa, Nicola, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1902.)

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Excerpta Vaticana First1KGreek (Anonymi Paradoxographi. Rationalizing Myth in Antiquity, Hawes, Greta, author and translator. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014) — 2 focus

The seven wonders.

The statue of Zeus at Olympia, 36 cubits tall. The temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The altar of horn at Delos, said to have been created from the right horns of victims sacrificed to the god in a single day. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. The pyramids of Egypt, of which the largest is 400 cubits tall. The walls of Babylon. The Colossus of Rhodes, 70 cubits tall, which Chares of Lindus built.

Some include on this list also the Asclepion at Epidauros, the altar at Parion, the hanging gardens, the standing Athena statue in Athens, and the palace of Cyrus.

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Τὰ ἑπτὰ θεάματα.

Current edition First1KGreek

The seven wonders.

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