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ἔχοντες οὐδὲν εὐποροῦμεν τοῖς πέλας,
ἐράνους φέροντες οὐ φέρομεν ἀλλ᾽ ἢ κακῶς,
τακτῆς τροφῆς δὲ τῆς καθ᾽ ἡμέραν πάλιν
γλιχόμεθα τὴν μὲν μᾶζαν ἵνα λευκὴ παρῇ,
ζωμὸν δὲ ταύτῃ μέλανα μηχανώμεθα,
τὸ καλόν τε χρῶμα δευσοποιῷ χρῴζομεν.
καὶ χιόνα μὲν πίνειν παρασκευάζομεν,
τὸ δ᾽ ὄψον ἂν μὴ θερμὸν ᾖ διασύρομεν.
καὶ τὸν μὲν ὀξὺν οἶνον ἐκπυτίζομεν,
ἐπὶ ταῖς ἀβυρτάκαισι δὲ ἐκβακχεύομεν.
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