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On a Fountain called Olympias
ἔνθεν Ἀλέξανδρος Μακεδὼν πίεν ἀγλαὸν ὕδωρ:
— Paton edition
μητρὸς δ᾽ εἶπε γάλακτι πανείκελα ῥεύματα πηγῆς,
ᾗ καὶ Ὀλυμπιάδος πόρεν οὔνομα, σῆμα δὲ τοῦτο.
From this fountain Alexander of Macedon drank
— Paton edition
splendid water, and said its streams were like his
mother's milk. Hence he named it Olympias, as
this stone testifies.
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