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ἀλλὰ μέντοι, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, δεῖ γε: ἴσως οὖν τῇδε μᾶλλον εἴσῃ. ἆρ᾽ οὐ πάντα ὅσα ὑπὸ μυθολόγων ἢ ποιητῶν λέγεται διήγησις οὖσα τυγχάνει ἢ γεγονότων ἢ ὄντων ἢ μελλόντων;τί γάρ, ἔφη, ἄλλο;ἆρ᾽ οὖν οὐχὶ ἤτοι ἁπλῇ διηγήσει ἢ διὰ μιμήσεως γιγνομένῃ ἢ δι᾽ ἀμφοτέρων περαίνουσιν;καὶ τοῦτο, ἦ δ᾽ ὅς, ἔτι δέομαι σαφέστερον μαθεῖν.γελοῖος, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, ἔοικα διδάσκαλος εἶναι καὶ ἀσαφής: ὥσπερ οὖν οἱ ἀδύνατοι λέγειν, οὐ κατὰ ὅλον ἀλλ᾽ ἀπολαβὼν
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