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606-640 are all Inscriptions on Baths
χθὼν μυχάτων γυάλων κοιλώμασιν ἀέναον πῦρ
— Paton edition
ἔστ᾽ ἂν ἔχῃ, φλοξὶν δὲ περιζείῃ κρυφίαισιν,
ἀτμὸς ἄνω βαίνων εἰς αἰθέρα θερμός, ἔνερθεν
θλιβόμενος, πυριθαλπὲς ἐπεύγεται ἰκμάσιν ὕδωρ.
While Earth in her inmost recesses has perpetual
— Paton edition
fire and boils with hidden flames, the hot vapour,
ascending to the air owing to the pressure from
below, belches forth streams of water heated by fire.
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