[39] huc ades o galatea Theocriti versus sunt, quibus in- ducit cyclopem usum, cum in scopulo sedens amicam suam Gala- team de fluctibus invitaret ad terras. cyclops enim dicitur nym- pham amasse Galateam: quae cum Acin quendam pastorem amaret et Polyphemum sperneret, ille iratus Acin necavit. qui postea Ga- lateae miseratione in fontem mutatus est, qui hodieque †latine Acilius dicitur ab illius nominis derivatione. quis est nam ludus i. v. 'ludus' voluptas. et ad maiorem terrarum laudem dicit in mari nullam esse voluptatem: nam haec est plena laus, quae etiam contrariarum rerum continet vituperationem.
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