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When I review Xerxes' achievements, I praise him, not for having yoked the Hellespont, but for having crossed it. But I can see that Nero will neither sail through the Isthmus nor complete his digging.

Apollonius of Tyana

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wenn ich Xerxes 'Errungenschaften überprüfe, danke ich ihm, nicht dafür, dass er den Hellespont beschwert hat, sondern dass er ihn überschritten hat. Aber ich kann sehen, dass Nero weder durch den Isthmus segeln noch sein Graben beenden wird.

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