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Posidonius
Fragments on Customs and Wars Carrier unit 95
Carrier unit 115 of 197
Canonical reference F.95
Ancient Greek
;XIII 1, 67: φασὶ δ’ ἐν τῆι Πιτάνηι τὰς πλίνθους ἐπιπολάζειν ἐν τοῖς ὕδασι, καθάπερ καὶ ἐν τῆι Τυρρηνίαι νησὶς (?) πέπονθε· κουφοτέρα γὰρ ἡ γῆ τοῦ ἐπισόγκου ὕδατός ἐστιν, ὥστ’ ἐποχεῖσθαι. ἐν Ἰβηρίαι δέ φησιν ἰδεῖν Ποσειδώνιος ἔκ τινος γῆς ἀργιλώδους, ἧι τὰ ἀργυρώματα ἐκμάττεται, πλίνθους πηγνυμένας καὶ ἐπιπλεούσας.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
XIII 1, 67: They say that at Pitane bricks float upon the water, just as an island (?) in Tyrrhenia also does; for the earth is lighter than the dense water and therefore rides upon it. Posidonius says that in Iberia he saw bricks made from a kind of clayey earth, with which silverware is molded, solidify and float.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
XIII 1, 67 : On dit qu’à Pitanè les briques flottent sur l’eau, comme c’est également le cas d’une île (?) en Tyrrhénie ; car la terre est plus légère que l’eau d’un volume égal, si bien qu’elle reste à la surface. Posidonius dit qu’en Ibérie il vit des briques fabriquées avec une sorte de terre argileuse, dont on se sert pour mouler les objets d’argent, se solidifier et flotter.
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