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ἔργον ἐστὶν ἢ τίνος γέγονε ποιητὴς καὶ πατὴρ δημιουργὸς ὁ Ζεὺς ‘ὁ ἀριστοτέχνας.’ οὐ γὰρ ἐν στρατοπέδῳ τακτικῶν ὄφελος, εἴπερ εἰδείη τῶν στρατιωτῶν
ἕκαστος ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν τε καὶ χώραν κατὰ
καιρόν, οὗ δεῖ, λαβεῖν καὶ διαφυλάσσειν οὐδὲ κηπουρῶν
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οὐδ᾽ οἰκοδόμων , εἰ πῆ μὲν αὐτὸ τὸ ὕδωρ
ἀφ᾽ αὑτοῦ πέφυκεν ἐπιέναι τοῖς δεομένοις καὶ κατάρδειν
ἐπιρρέον, πῆ δὲ πλίνθοι καὶ ξύλα καὶ λίθοι ταῖς κατὰ φύσιν χρώμενα ῥοπαῖς καὶ νεύσεσιν ἐξ
ἑαυτῶν καταλαμβάνειν τὴν προσήκουσαν ἁρμονίαν
καὶ χώραν. εἰ δ᾽ : οὗτος μὲν ἄντικρυς ἀναιρεῖ τὴν
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