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ἀνὴρ Νίνος τις ἐγένετ᾽, ὡς ἐγὼ κλύω,
Ἀσσύριος: ὅστις εἶχε χρυσίου πόντον,
τάλαντα πολλῷ πλέονα Κασπίης ψάμμου :
ὃς οὐκἴδ᾽ ἀστέρ᾽ οὐδ᾽
ἰδὼν ἐδίζητο οὐ παρ᾽ μάγοισι πῦρ ἱερὸν ἀνέστησεν,
ὥσπερ νόμος, ῥάβδοισι τοῦ θεοῦ ψαύων
οὐ μυθιήτης,9 οὐ δικασπόλος κεῖνος,
οὐ λεωλογεῖν ἐμάνθαν᾽, οὐκ ἀμιθρῆσαι,
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