Diod. Sic. 17.10.4

Abbreviated Work Title

Diod. 17.10.4

Author

Diodorus Siculus

Work

Bibliotheca historica

Section

Book 17, chapter 10, section 4

Text

χωρὶς δὲ τούτων ἧκόν τινες τοῖς
ἄρχουσιν ἀπαγγέλλοντες τὴν ἐν Ὀγχηστῷ λίμνην μυκή-
ματι παραπλήσιον φωνὴν ἀφιέναι, τῇ δὲ Δίρκῃ κατὰ
τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν τοῦ ὕδατος αἱματοειδῆ φρίκην ἐπιτρέ-
χειν.

Translation

More than this [other omens of the coming of Alexander toward Thebes], people reported to the city officials that the marsh at Onchestus was emitting a sound very like a bellow, while at Dirce a bloody ripple ran along the surface of the water.

Translated By

C. Welles (1970)