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βούλομαι δεῖξαι σαφῶς
ὡς σεμνὸν ἐστι τοῦτο καὶ νενομισμένον [p. 76]
καὶ τῶν θεῶν εὕρημα: τὰς δ᾽ ἄλλας τέχνας
οὐδεὶς θεῶν κατέδειξεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἄνδρες σοφοί: τὸ
γὰρ παρασιτεῖν εὗρεν ὁ Ζεὺς ὁ φίλιος,
ὁ τῶν θεῶν μέγιστος ὁμολογουμένως.
οὗτος γὰρ εἰς τὰς οἰκίας εἰσέρχεται
οὐχὶ διακρίνας τὴν πενιχρὰν ἢ πλουσίαν.
οὗ δ᾽ ἂν καλῶς ἐστρωμένην κλίνην ἴδῃ,
παρακειμένην τε τὴν τράπεζαν πάνθ᾽ ἃ δεῖ
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