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πολύχορδα καὶ πολυαρμόνια, δημιουργοὺς οὐ θρέψομεν.οὐ φαινόμεθα.τί δέ; αὐλοποιοὺς ἢ αὐλητὰς παραδέξῃ εἰς τὴν πόλιν; ἢ οὐ τοῦτο πολυχορδότατον, καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ παναρμόνια αὐλοῦ τυγχάνει ὄντα μίμημα;δῆλα δή, ἦ δ᾽ ὅς.λύρα δή σοι, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, καὶ κιθάρα λείπεται καὶ κατὰ πόλιν χρήσιμα: καὶ αὖ κατ᾽ ἀγροὺς τοῖς νομεῦσι σῦριγξ ἄν τις εἴη.ὡς γοῦν, ἔφη, ὁ λόγος ἡμῖν σημαίνει.
Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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