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Paulo post esse ferunt nuntiatum Simonidi,
ut prodiret; iuvenis stare ad ianuam duo quosdam, qui eum
magno opere evocarent; surrexisse illum, prodisse, vidisse
neminem: hoc interim spatio conclave illud, ubi epularetur
Scopas, concidisse; ea ruina ipsum cum cognatis oppressum
suis interisse: quos cum humare vellent sui neque possent
obtritos internoscere ullo modo, Simonides dicitur ex eo,
quod meminisset quo eorum loco quisque cubuisset, demonstrator
unius cuiusque sepeliendi fuisse; hac tum re
admonitus invenisse fertur ordinem esse maxime, qui
memoriae lumen adferret.
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