1. Gellius Lines 1-6 - Translation

Apion, qui "Plistonices" appellatus est, litteris homo multis praeditus rerumque Graecarum plurima atque varia scientia fuit.

Apion, who was called 'Plistonices', was a man endowed with much learning and very great and varied knowledge of Greek matters.

eius libri non incelebres (esse) feruntur, quibus omnium ferme, quae mirifica in Aegypto visuntur audiunturque, historia comprehenditur.

His books are said (to be) not unrenowned, in which is contained the history of nearly all the things which are seen and heard (to be) remarkable in Egypt.

hoc autem, quod in libro Aegyptiacorum quinto scripsit, neque audisse neque legisse, sed ipsum sese in urbe Roma vidisse oculis suis confirmat.

However, he affirms that he neither heard nor read this which he wrote in the fifth book of Egyptian Wonders, but that hehimself saw it with his own eyes in the city of Rome.

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