1Because I am confident, my lord, that it is a matter of concern to you, I report that I have sailed with all my party round Malea to Ephesus, although held back by contrary winds. 1Now I intend to make for the province partly in coastal vessels, partly in carriages. 1For just as the oppressive heat is against travelling by land, so the Etesian winds are against continuous sailing.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.15
Pliny reaches Ephesus
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