- δοκεῖτε δέ μοι, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Δελφοί, ἄριστα βουλεύσεσθαι περὶ τῶν παρόντων, εἰ λογίσαισθε ὑπὲρ ὅσων καὶ ἡλίκων ἐστὶν ἡ σκέψισ, πρῶτον μὲν ὑπὲρ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ θυσιῶν καὶ ἀναθημάτων καὶ ἐθῶν ἀρχαίων καὶ θεσμῶν παλαιῶν καὶ δόξησ τοῦ μαντείου, ἔπειτα ὑπὲρ τῆσ πόλεωσ ὅλησ καὶ τῶν συμφερόντων τῷ τε κοινῷ ἡμῶν καὶ ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ Δελφῶν, ἐπὶ πᾶσι δὲ τῆσ παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποισ εὐκλείασ ἢ κακοδοξίασ· (Lucian, Phalaris, book 2 10:1)
(루키아노스, Phalaris, book 2 10:1)
- τίνοσ οὖν ἕνεκα μὴ ὡσ ἀεὶ μηδὲ ὡσ πάλαι τὰ περὶ τῶν ἀναθημάτων ποιήσωμεν; (Lucian, Phalaris, book 2 12:1)
(루키아노스, Phalaris, book 2 12:1)
- τίσ γὰρ οὐκ ἂν ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ἐκπλαγείη καὶ θαυμάσειεν ἐπιμαθὴσ γενόμενοσ καὶ λογισμῷ τινι τὴν τότε κατήφειαν καὶ τὴν νῦν ὑπάρχουσαν εὐδαιμονίαν τῆσ πόλεωσ περιλαβὼν καὶ ἀποβλέψασ ναῶν λαμπρότητα καὶ πλοῦτον ἀναθημάτων καὶ τεχνῶν ἁμίλλασ καὶ φιλοτιμίασ πόλεων καὶ στεφάνουσ βασιλέων, καὶ ὅσα γῆ φέρει καὶ θάλαττα καὶ νῆσοι καὶ ἤπειροι καὶ ποταμοὶ καὶ δένδρα καὶ ζῷα καὶ πεδία καὶ ὄρη καὶ μέταλλα, πάντων ἀπαρχὰσ ἐριζούσασ εἰσ κάλλοσ ὄψει καὶ χάριτι κοσμούσῃ τὸν τόπον, ὡσ ταῦτα παρὰ μικρὸν ἦλθε μὴ γενέσθαι μηδ’ εἶναι; (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 12 6:3)
(플루타르코스, De fortuna Romanorum, section 12 6:3)
- "ἱστορεῖ τὰ αὐτὰ καὶ Φαινίασ ἐν τῷ περὶ τῶν ἐν Σικελίᾳ τυράννων, ὡσ χαλκῶν ὄντων τῶν παλαιῶν ἀναθημάτων καὶ τριπόδων καὶ λεβήτων καὶ ἐγχειριδίων, ὧν ἐφ’ ἑνὸσ καὶ ἐπιγεγράφθαι φησίν θάησαί μ’ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 1921)
(아테나이오스, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 1921)
- φασὶ δ’ οἱ μὲν ἐπί τινοσ τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀναθημάτων ἐν Χαλκίδι τοῦτ’ ἐπιγεγράφθαι, πεποιῆσθαι δ’ ἐν αὐτῷ τράγον καὶ δελφῖνα, περὶ ὧν εἶναι τὸν λόγον τοῦτον, οἱ δὲ εἰσ ἐπιτόνιον ψαλτήριον δελφῖνα καὶ τράγον ἐπειργασμένον εἰρῆσθαι, καὶ εἶναι τὸν βουφόνον καὶ τοῦ Διονύσου θεράποντα τὸν διθύραμβον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 844)
(아테나이오스, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 844)