Descriptions
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On a Bath in Byzantium
#2
606-640 are all Inscriptions on Baths
Texts
λωτὸν ἐρεπτομένους προτέρων οὐ ψεύσατο μῦθος:
— Paton edition
πίστιν ἀληθείης τοῦτο τὸ λουτρὸν ἔχει.
εἰ γὰρ ἅπαξ καθαροῖσι λοέσσεται ὕδασιν ἀνήρ,
οὐ ποθέει πάτρην, οὐκ ἐθέλει γενέτας.
The old story of the lotus-eaters¹ is no falsehood.
— Paton edition
This bath confirms its truth. For if a man once
bathe in these pure waters he does not regret his
country or desire his parents.
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