{"url":"https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/texts/6183/?format=json","language":{"code":"grc","iso_name":"Ancient Greek (to 1453)","url":"https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/languages/grc/?format=json"},"edition":{"url":"https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/editions/1/?format=json","descriptions":[{"url":"https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/descriptions/424/?format=json","language":{"code":"eng","iso_name":"English","url":"https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/languages/eng/?format=json"},"created_at":"2021-05-06T21:10:04.033306Z","updated_at":"2021-05-06T21:10:04.033317Z","description":"Paton edition"}],"edition_type":0,"metadata":{},"created_at":"2021-04-08T21:27:25.406000Z","updated_at":"2021-04-08T21:27:25.406000Z"},"unique_id":99996564,"created_at":"2021-04-20T02:08:58.684387Z","updated_at":"2021-04-20T02:08:58.684394Z","validation":0,"status":1,"text":"ἰητρὸς Καπίτων Χρύσην ἐνέχρισεν, ὁρῶντα\n ὀκτὼ μὲν μακρὸν πύργον ἀπὸ σταδίων,\n ἄνδρα δ᾽ ἀπὸ σταδίου, διὰ δώδεκα δ᾽ ὄρτυγα πηχῶν,\n φθεῖρα δ᾽ ἀπὸ σπιθαμῶν καὶ δύο δερκόμενον.\n\n                   νῦν δ᾽ ἀπὸ μὲν σταδίου πόλιν οὐ βλέπει, ἐκ δὲ διπλέθρου\nκαιόμενον κατιδεῖν τὸν φάρον οὐ δύναται:\n ἵππον ἀπὸ σπιθαμῆς δὲ μόλις βλέπει, ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ πρὶν\nὄρτυγος οὐδὲ μέγαν στρουθὸν ἰδεῖν δύναται.\nἂν δὲ προσεγχρίσας αὐτὸν φθάσῃ, οὐδ᾽ ἐλέφαντα\n\n                  οὐκέτι μήποτ᾽ ἴδῃ πλησίον ἑσταότα.","comments":[],"alignments":[],"passages":["https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/passages/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.ag:11.117/?format=json"]}