ἀρχαιοτέρα δ᾽ ἦν καὶ τῶν Τρωικῶν ἡ τούτων χρῆσις. Τάνταλος γοῦν οὐδὲ θανὼν ἀπαλλάττεται
ἔνθα δένδρεα μακρὰ πεφύκει,
κλήθρη τ᾽ αἴγειρὸς τ᾽ ἐλάτη τ᾽ ἦν οὐρανομήκης.
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‘ ὄγχνη γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ὄγχνῃ που γηράσκει, σῦκον δ᾽ ἐπὶ σύκῳ.’ διὸ καὶ τῶν δένδρων τὰ μὲν καρποφόρα καλὰ προσαγορεύει: ‘ ἔνθα δένδρεα καλὰ πεφύκει, ὄγχναι καὶ ῥοιαὶ καὶ
μηλέαι.’ τὰ δ᾽ εἰς ξυλείαν εὔθετα μακρά, τοῖς ἐπιθέτοις τὰς χρήσεις διαστέλλων
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