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αἱ μέντοι κωμῳδίαι τῶν τότε διδασκάλων σπουδῇ τε πολλὰς καὶ μετὰ γέλωτος ἀφεικότων φωνὰς εἰς αὐτόν, ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ μάλιστα τὴν προσωνυμίαν γενέσθαι δηλοῦσι, ‘βροντᾶν’ μὲν αὐτὸν καὶ ‘ἀστράπτειν,’ ὅτε δημηγοροίη, ‘δεινὸν δὲ κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώσσῃ φέρειν’ λεγόντων.
διαμνημονεύεται δέ τις καὶ Θουκυδίδου τοῦ Μελησίου λόγος εἰς τὴν δεινότητα τοῦ Περικλέους μετὰ παιδιᾶς εἰρημένος.
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