canonical-greekLit/data/tlg0062/tlg044/tlg0062.tlg044.perseus-grc2.xml
συνεκπλεύσας γὰρ ἐς τὴν ΑἴγυπτονΑἴγυπτον : There is no need to supply ἄνω (Hartman). The back-country (χώρα), Egypt, was a thing apart from Alexandria. In the report of a trial held at Alexandria occurs the statement: “Her brother is in Egypt, but will come soon” (Hunt, Select Papyri (L.C.L.), II, No. 263, l. 27; cf. l. 32). ὁ Δημήτριος Ἀντιφίλῳ τῷ Ἀλωπεκῆθεν, ἑταίρῳ ἐκ παίδων ὄντι καὶ συνεφήβῳ, συνῆν καὶ συνεπαιδεύετο, αὐτὸς μὲν τὴν ἄσκησιν τὴν Κυνικὴν ἀσκούμενος ὑπὸ τῷ Ῥοδίῳ ἐκείνῳ σοφιστῇ, ὁ δὲ Ἀντίφιλος ἰατρικὴν ἄρα ἐμελέτα. καὶ δή ποτε ὁ μὲν Δημήτριος ἔτυχεν ἐς τὴν ΑἴγυπτονΑἴγυπτον : There is no need to supply ἄνω (Hartman). The back-country (χώρα), Egypt, was a thing apart from Alexandria. In the report of a trial held at Alexandria occurs the statement: “Her brother is in Egypt, but will come soon” (Hunt, Select Papyri (L.C.L.), II, No. 263, l. 27; cf. l. 32). ἀποδημῶν κατὰ θέαν τῶν πυραμίδων καὶ τοῦ Μέμνονος· ἤκουε γὰρ ταύτας ὑψηλὰς οὔσας μὴ παρέχεσθαι σκιάν, τὸν δὲ Μέμνονα βοᾶν πρὸς ἀνατέλλοντα τὸν ἥλιον. τούτων ἐπιθυμήσας Δημήτριος, θέας μὲν τῶν πυραμίδων, ἀκροάσεως δὲ τοῦ Μέμνονος, ἀναπεπλεύκει κατὰ τὸν Νεῖλον ἕκτον ἤδη μῆνα, ὀκνήσαντα πρὸς τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ τὸ θάλπος ἀπολιπὼν τὸν Ἀντίφιλον.  