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I have dwelt the longer on the affairs of the Samians, because three
of the greatest works in all Greece were made by them. One is a
tunnel, under a hill one hundred and fifty fathoms high, carried
entirely through the base of the hill, with a mouth at either end.
The length of the cutting is seven furlongs - the height and width are
each eight feet. Along the whole course there is a second cutting,
twenty cubits deep and three feet broad, whereby water is brought,
through pipes, from an abundant source into the city. The architect
of this tunnel was Eupalinus, son of Naustrophus, a Megarian.
Such is the first of their great works; the second is a mole in the
sea, which goes all round the harbour, near twenty fathoms deep, and
in length above two furlongs. The third is a temple; the largest of
all the temples known to us, whereof Rhoecus, son of Phileus, a
Samian, was first architect. Because of these works I have dwelt
the longer on the affairs of Samos.
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