καὶ θύννης οὐραῖον ἔχειν—τὴν θυννίδα φωνῶ
τὴν μεγάλην, ἧς μητρόπολις Βυζάντιόν ἐστιν.
εἶτα τεμὼν αὐτὴν ὀρθῶς ὄπτησον ἅπασαν
ἁλσὶ μόνον λεπτοῖσι πάσας καὶ ἐλαίῳ ἀλείψας.
θερμὰ τ᾽ ἔδειν τεμάχη βάπτων δριμεῖαν ἐς ἅλμην
καὶ ξήρ᾽ ἂν ἐθέλῃς ἔσθειν γενναῖα πέλονται,
ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι φυὴν καὶ εἶδος ὅμοια.
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ἐκτοπιστικὸν εἶναι τὴν θυννίδα. Ἀρχέστρατος δ᾽ ὁ κίμβιξ φησί
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