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ἐστι παλαιός, ἐφήρμοσας δὲ αὐτὸν σὺ πράγμασιν
ἑτέροις, ὅπερ οἶμαι ποιεῖν εἰώθασιν οἱ τῇ τροπικῇ
χρώμενοι τῶν νοημάτων κατασκευῇ: πολὺς δὲ ἐν
τούτοις ὁ Πάριός ἐστι ποιητής. ἔοικας οὖν οὐδὲ
πεποιηκὼς μῦθον, ὦ ξυνετώτατε, μάτην νεανιεύεσθαι:
καίτοι τοῦτο τίτθης ἔργον ἐστὶν εὐτραπέλου.
Πλουτάρχου δὲ εἰ τὰ μυθικὰ διηγήματα
τῶν σῶν εἴσω χειρῶν ἀφῖκτο, οὔποτ̓ ἂν ἐλελήθει
σε, τίνι διαφέρει πλάσαι τε ἐξ ἀρχῆς μῦθον καὶ
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