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Ὀλυμπιὰς ἡ Ἀλεξάνδρου πυθομένη ὅτι πολὺν χρόνον ὁ παῖς αὐτῆς ἄταφος μένει, βαρὺ ἀναστένουσα καὶ θρηνοῦσα εὖ μάλα λιγέως ῾ὦ τέκνον᾽ εἶπεν, ῾ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν οὐρανοῦ μετασχεῖν βουλόμενος καὶ τοῦτο σπεύδων, νῦν οὐδὲ τῶν κοινῶν δήπου καὶ ἴσων πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις μετασχεῖν ἔχεις, γῆς τε ἅμα καὶ ταφῆς:᾿ καὶ τὰς ἑαυτῆς τύχας οἰκτείρασα καὶ τὸ τοῦ παιδὸς τετυφωμένον ἐλέγξασα.
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