ἀλλ᾽ οὐ γὰρ ἔμαθε ταῦτ᾽ ἐμοῦ πέμποντος, ἀλλὰΠλάτων δ᾽ ἐν ταῖς Ἐπιστολαῖς ῾7 p. 326b' 'φησιν: ‘ταύτην δὴ τὴν διάνοιαν ἔχων εἰς Ἰταλίαν τε καὶ Σικελίαν ἦλθον ὅτε πρῶτον ἀφικόμην. ἐλθόντα δέ με ὁ ταύτῃ βίος οὐδαμῇ οὐδαμῶς ἤρεσεν, δίς τε τῆς ἡμέρας ἐμπιπλάμενον ζῆν καὶ μηδέποτε κοιμώμενον μόνον νύκτωρ καὶ ὅσα τούτῳ ἐπιτηδεύματα συνέπεται τῷ βίῳ. ἐκ γὰρ τούτων τῶν ἐθῶν οὔτ᾽ ἂν φρόνιμος οὐδείς ποτε γενέσθαι τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνθρώπων ἐκ νέου ἐπιτηδεύων δύναιτο, σώφρων δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἂν μελλήσαι ποτὲ γενέσθαι.' κἀν τρίτῳ δὲ Πολιτείας γράφει οὕτως ῾p. 404d':' ‘Συρακοσίαν δέ, ὦ φίλε, τράπεζαν καὶ Σικελικὴν ποικιλίαν ὄψου, ὡς ἔοικας, οὐκ αἰνεῖς: ψέγεις δὲ καὶ Κορινθίαν κόρην φίλην εἶναι ἀνδράσιν μέλλουσιν εὖ σώματος ἕξειν καὶ Ἀττικῶν πεμμάτων τὰς δοκούσας εἶναι εὐπαθείας.'
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καὶ ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΙ, ὡς καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης φησὶν ἐν Δαιταλεῦσιν ῾I 446 K':'
Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.
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