The Mysteries of Hecatea Are Being Celebrated

on Mount Berakunthius it is sand that a stone is produced called the sword and if anyone finds it while the mysteries of Hecatea are being celebrated he becomes mad as Eudoxo subfirms. among the itoleans it is said that moles see but only dimly and do not feed on the earth but on locusts 177 they say that elephants are pregnant during the space of two years while others say during 18 months and that in bringing forth they suffer hard labor 178 they say that dimaratus the pupil of the locrian timeus having fallen sick was dumb for ten days before coming to his senses.