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προθύμως συνελάμβανε, τοὺς δὲ νῦν περιόψεται
τῆς ἀρετῆς ὁρῶν ἀντιποιουμένους, δἰ ἥνπερ ἄρα
κἀκείνοις ἔχαιρεν: οὐ γὰρ διὰ τὸ κάλλος τοῦ
σώματος, ἐπεί τοι τὸν Νιρέα μᾶλλον ἐχρῆν ἀγαπᾶσθαι,
οὐδὲ διὰ τὴν ἰσχύν, ἀπείρῳ γὰρ ὅσῳ
Λαιστρυγόνες καὶ Κύκλωπες ἦσαν αὐτοῦ κρείττους,
οὐδὲ διὰ τὸν πλοῦτον, οὕτω γὰρ ἂν ἔμεινεν
ἀπόρθητος Τροία. τί δὲ δεῖ πράγματα ἔχειν
αὐτὸν ἐπιζητοῦντα τὴν αἰτίαν, δἰ ἣν Ὀδυσσέα
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