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On a Crystal enclosing Water
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Χιονέη κρύσταλλος ὑπ᾽ ἀνέρος ἀσκηθεῖσα
— Paton edition
δεῖξεν ἀκηρασίοιο παναίολον εἰκόνα κόσμου,
οὐρανὸν ἀγκὰς ἔχοντα βαρύκτυπον ἔνδοθι πόντον.
The snow-white crystal, fashioned by the hand of
— Paton edition
man, showed the variegated image of the perfect
universe, the heaven,¹ clasping within it the deep-
voiced sea.
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