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where the Arethusa rises and flows into the sea. Some such
proofs as these are given in .upport of the fact. A certain
chalice having fallen into the river at Olympia was cast up
by the springs of Arethusa; the fountain too is troubled by
the sacrifices of oxen at Olympia. And Pindar, following
such reports, thus sings,
Ortygia, revered place of reappearing note
Timaeus note the historian advances these accounts in like manner with Pindar. Undoubtedly if before reaching the sea
the Alpheus were to fall into some chasm, note there would be a
probability that it continued its course from thence to Sicily,
preserving its potable water unmixed with the sea; but since
the mouth of the river manifestly falls into the sea, and there
does not appear any opening in the bed of the sea there, which
would be capable of imbibing the waters of the river, (although
even if there were they could not remain perfectly fresh, still
it might be possible to retain much of the character of fresh
water, if they were presently to be swallowed down into a
passage running below the earth which forms the bed of the
sea,) it is altogether impossible; and this the water of Arethusa clearly proves, being perfectly fit for beverage; but
of the Alpheus,
The offset of renowned Syracuse. note
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Strabo, Geography (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Str.].