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ὅτι δ᾽ ἤσθιον τὰς ἐγχέλεις καὶ μετὰ τεύτλων ἐντυλίξαντες πολὺ μέν ἐστι καὶ παρὰ τοῖς ἀρχαίοις κωμικοῖς, καὶ Εὔβουλος δέ φησιν ἐν Ἠχοῖ ῾II 176 K':'
νύμφα ἀπειρόγαμος τεύτλῳ περὶ σῶμα καλυπτὰ
λευκόχρως παρέσται,
ἔγχελυς, ὦ μέγα μοι μέγα σοι φῶς ... ἐναργές.
καὶ ἐν Ἴωνι ῾II 177 K':'
μετὰ ταῦτα θύννων μεγαλόπλουτ᾽ ἐπεισέπλει
ὑπογάστρι᾽ ὀπτῶν αἵ τ᾽ ἐχιδνοσώματοι
Βοιώτιαι παρῆσαν ἐγχέλεις θεαὶ
τεῦτλ᾽ ἀμπεχόμεναι.
καὶ ἐν Μηδείᾳ ῾II 186 K':'
παρθένου Βοιωτίας
Κωπᾷδος: ὀνομάζειν γὰρ αἰδοῦμαι θεάν.
ὅτι δὲ καὶ αἱ Στρυμόνιαι ἐγχέλεις δι᾽ ὀνόματος ἦσάν φησιν ἐν Θαμύρᾳ Ἀντιφάνης ῾II 52 K':'
καὶ σοῦ γ᾽ ἐπώνυμός τις ἐν φήμαις βροτῶν
Θρῇκας κατάρδων ποταμὸς ὠνομασμένος
Στρυμών, μεγίστας ἐγχέλεις κεκτημένος.
καὶ περὶ τὸν Εὐλέα δὲ ποταμὸν ῾οὗ μνημονεύει Ἀντίμαχος ἐν ταῖς ἐπιγραφομέναις Δέλτοις οὕτως ῾fr. 56 K':'
ἐλθὼν Εὐλῆος πηγὰς ἔπι δινήεντος᾿
Δημήτριος [δ᾽] ὁ Σκήψιος ἐν ἑκκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ Τρωικοῦ διακόσμου ῾fr. 11 Gaede' 'ἐγχέλεις φησὶ διαφόρους γίνεσθαι.

Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.

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