Synesius of Cyrene → destinatário desconhecido
Tradução moderna em inglês
To a Friend.
I have hired a ship for you with a crew of capable sailors — men who trust skill more than luck in navigation. These Carpathian vessels [from the island of Carpathos] have a reputation for almost being intelligent, like the legendary ships of the Phaeacians [in Homer's Odyssey, which could navigate themselves] — before the gods' anger fell on that island.
Texto inglês de origem
Letter 41: Hiring a ship [1] To a Friend I have hired a ship for you furnished with a crew of sailors of good stock, sailors who trust more to skill than chance in navigation. [2] These vessels of the Carpathians note [Inhabitants of the isle of Carpathus.] have the reputation of being endowed with intelligence, as were the famed ships of the Phaeacians note [Cf. Homer , Odyssey 8.555.] before the wrath of the gods beat upon their island.