εἶτ᾽ ἐπῆγεν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ τι ἐγκώμιον, καὶ ὡς ἄξιος εἴη συγγράψαι τὰς πράξεις οὕτω λαμπρὰς οὔσας. ἤδη δὲ κατιὼν ἐπῄνει καὶ τὴν πατρίδα τὴν Μίλητον, προστιθεὶς ὡς ἄμεινον ποιοῖ τοῦτο τοῦ Ὁμήρου μηδὲν μνησθέντος τῆς πατρίδος. εἶτ᾽ ἐπὶ τέλει τοῦ φροιμίου ὑπισχνεῖτο διαρρήδην καὶ σαφῶς, ἐπὶ μεῖζον μὲν αἴρειν τὰ ἡμέτερα, τοὺς
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λόγων πρέπουσα; εἶτα μικρὸν ὑποβὰς Ἀχιλλεῖ μὲν τὸν
ἡμέτερον ἄρχοντα εἴκαζε, Θερσίτῃ δὲ τὸν τῶν Περσῶν
βασιλέα, οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅτι ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς ἀμείνων ἦν αὐτῷ, εἰ
Ἕκτορα μᾶλλον ἢ Θερσίτην καθῄρει, καὶ εἰ πρόσθεν μὲν
ἔφευγεν ἐσθλός τις,
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