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ἐν δὲ τούτοις ἅπασι καὶ ὁ τὸν λόγον τόνδε
συγγράψας ἦν ἐν τοῖς γελῶσι καὶ αὐτός. τί δ᾽ οὐκ ἔμελλεν γελᾶν ἐφ᾽ οὕτω περιφανεῖ καὶ ἀπιθάνῳ καὶ ἀναισχύντῳ τολμήματι ; καί πως ἔστιν δὲ ἀκρατὴς
γέλωτος ὁ μὲν τὴν φωνὴν ἐντρέψας ἐς μέλος,
ὡς ᾤετο, θρῆνόν τινα ἐπηύλει τῷ Πυθαγόρᾳ, ὁ δέ, τοῦτο δὴ τὸ τοῦ λόγου, ὄνον κιθαρίζειν πειρώμενον
ὁρῶν ἀνεκάγχασε μάλα ἡδύ, ὁ ποιητὴς οὗτος ὁ
ἐμός: ὁ δὲ εἶδεν ἐπιστραφείς. τοῦτο
ἐξεπολέμωσεν’
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