L'histoire du père ou de l'oeuf

«He makes out of myrrh an egg as big as he can carry. Then he tests it to see if he can carry it. After that he hollows out the egg and lays his father inside and plugs up the hollow. With father inside the egg weighs the same as before. Having plugged it up he carries the egg to Egypt to the temple of the sun.»

Hekataois fr. 324 Fragmente der griechischen Historiker