[94] ὁμομαλίδες. Comatas had said 'dog-roses are not to be compared with roses, because dog-roses are inferior.' Lacon alters the order of comparison awkwardly and says, 'medlars are not to be compared with acorns, because medlars are superior.'
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The Idylls of Theocritus. R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901.
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