but it is closed against mankind. This house loudly echoes, but its inhabitant is ever silent; and both—the house and inhabitant—move forward together[1]. Now if you are a king, as you aver, you should be wiser than I am. Resolve the riddle."
"To prove to you that I am no impostor," said Apollonius, "I will reply. The house which bounds and rebounds, and echoes, is the wave; the mute inhabitant is a fish, which glides along with its residence[2]." Tharsia continued, "I am borne rapidly along by the tall daughter of the grove, which equally encloses an innumerable company. I glide over various paths, and leave no footstep[3]." "When I have answered your ques-
- ↑ In the Latin "Narratio eorum quæ contigerunt Apollonio Tyrio" this riddle is in Latin Hexameter verse.
" "Est domus in terris quæ nobis clausa resultat
Ipsa domus resonat, tacitus sed non sonat hospes;
Ambo tamen currunt, hospes simul et domus una." - ↑ This ingenious apologue, with the following, is omitted in the Drama of Shakspeare.
- ↑
"Longa feror velox formosæ filia silvæ,
Innumerâ pariter comitum stipante catervâ;
Curro per vias multas, vestigia nulla reliquo."
