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τῆς δὲ δίψης οὐδέν ἐστι πολυποθητότερον. διόπερ καὶ τὸ Ἄργος πολυδίψιον ὁ ποιητὴς ἔφη, τὸ πολυπόθητον διὰ τὸν χρόνον. τὸ δίψος γὰρ πᾶσιν ἰσχυρὰν ἐπιθυμίαν ἐμποιεῖ τῆς περιττῆς ἀπολαύσεως. διὸ καὶ ὁ Σοφοκλῆς φησι ῾fr. 692 N':'
διψῶντι γάρ τοι πάντα προσφέρων σοφὰ
οὐκ ἂν πλέον τέρψειας ἢ πιεῖν διδούς.
καὶ ὁ Ἀρχίλοχος ῾fr. 68 B':'
μάχης δὲ τῆς σῆς, ὥστε διψέων πιεῖν,
ὣς ἐρέω.
καὶ τῶν τραγικῶν δέ τις ἔφη ῾fr. adesp. 69 N':'
ἴσχειν κελεύω χεῖρα διψῶσαν φόνου.
καὶ Ἀνακρέων ῾fr. 57 B':'
φίλη γὰρ εἶς ξείνοις: ἔασον δέ με διψῶντα πιεῖν.
καὶ Ξενοφῶν δ᾽ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ τῆς Παιδείας ποιεῖ τὸν Κῦρον τάδε λέγοντα ῾V 1, 1':' ‘ἐγὼ ὑμῖν διψῶ χαρίσασθαι.' Πλάτων δ᾽ ἐν τῇ Πολιτείᾳ ῾VIII 562 c':' ‘ὅταν οἶμαι δημοκρατουμένη πόλις ἐλευθερίας διψήσασα κακῶν οἰνοχόων προστατούντων τύχῃ καὶ πορρωτέρω τοῦ δέοντος ἀκράτου μεθυσθῇ.'

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

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