Texte grec :
| [12,16] δραστέον τοῦτο καὶ πειρατέον ὅπως ἂν ᾖ δυνατὸν ἡμῖν.
οὐ μέντοι λόγων ἀκούσεσθε ὁποίων ἄλλου τινὸς τῶν νῦν,
ἀλλὰ πολὺ φαυλοτέρων καὶ ἀτοπωτέρων, ὁποίους δὴ καὶ ὁρᾶτε. χρὴ δὲ
ἐᾶν ὑμᾶς ἔμβραχυ, ὅ,τι ἂν ἐπίῃ μοι, τούτῳ ἕπεσθαι, καὶ μὴ ἀγανακτεῖν,
ἐὰν φαίνωμαι πλανώμενος ἐν τοῖς λόγοις, ὥσπερ ἀμέλει καὶ τὸν
ἄλλον χρόνον ἔζηκα ἀλώμενος, ἀλλὰ συγγνώμην ἔχειν, ἅτε ἀκούοντας
ἀνδρὸς ἰδιώτου καὶ ἀδολέσχου.
καὶ γὰρ δὴ τυγχάνω μακράν τινα ὁδὸν τὰ νῦν πεπορευμένος,
εὐθὺ τοῦ Ἴστρου καὶ τῆς Γετῶν χώρας ἢ Μυσῶν, ὥς φησιν Ὅμηρος
κατὰ τὴν νῦν ἐπίκλησιν τοῦ ἔθνους.
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Traduction française :
| [12,16] I must do this and try to the best of my ability.
However, you will not hear words such as you would
hear from any other man of the present day, but
words much less pretentious and wearisome, in fact
just such as you now observe. And in brief, you
must allow me to pursue any thought that occurs
to me and not become annoyed if you find me wandering
in my remarks exactly as in the past I have lived
a life of roving, but you must grant me your indulgence,
bearing in mind that you are listening
to a man who is a layman and who is fond of talking.
For in fact, as it happens, I have just finished a
long, long journey, all the way from the Ister and
the land of the Getae, or Mysians as Homer, using
the modern designation of the race, calls them.
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