Zenobius 4.22
The Heraclean stone
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English
Proverb
The Heraclean stone
Explanation
some call this the magnet, that draws iron. Others, a different stone resembling silver. It is so called from Heraclea, the city in Lydia.
Greek
Proverb
Ἡρακλεία λίθος
Explanation
ταύτην ἔνιοι μαγνῆτιν λέγουσι τὴν ἐπισπωμένην τὸν σίδηρον. Οἱ δὲ ἑτέραν, παραπλήσιον ἀργύρῳ. Κέκληται δὲ οὕτως ἀπὸ Ἡρακλείας, τῆς ἐν Λυδίᾳ πόλεως.
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