CHAPTER XXXVII
'PHILO too says, in his Account of Jerusalem, that there is a fountain, and that it is dried up in winter, but becomes full in summer. And in his first Book he speaks thus:
" Νηχόμενος δ' ἐφύπερθε τὸ θαμβηέστατον ἄλλο
δέρκηθρον συναοιδὰ μεγιστούχοιο λοετροῖς
ῥεύματος ἐμπίπλησι βαθὺν ῥόον ἐξανιείσης ."
'And so forth. Again, lower down he adds to these a description of the refilling:
"For flashing from on high the joyous stream,
Flooded by rain and snow, rolls swiftly on
Beneath the neighbouring towers, and spreading o'er
The dry and dusty ground, far-shining shows
The blessings of that wonder-working fount."
'And the rest that follows. Then again, concerning the High Priest's fountain and the canal that carries off the water, he proceeds as follows:
"A headlong stream by channels under ground
The pipes pour forth,"
'And all that follows this.'
Thus far then our quotations from Alexander Polyhistor.