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Zeuxis autem, cum Helenam pinxisset, quid de eo opere homines sensuri essent expectandum non putauit, sed protinus se ad hos uersus adiecit: οὐ νέμεσις Τρῶας καὶ ἐυκνήμιδας Ἀχαιοὺς τοιῇδ᾽ ἀμφὶ γυναικὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἄλγεα πάσχειν. adeone dextrae suae multum pictor adrogauit, ut ea tantum formae conprehensum crederet, quantum aut Leda caelesti partu edere aut Homerus diuino ingenio exprimere potuit?
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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