ἄφωνα δ᾽ ὄντα ταῦτα τοῖς πόρρω λαλεῖ74. Δίφιλος δ᾽ ἐν Θησεῖ τρεῖς ποτε κόρας Σαμίας φησὶν Ἀδωνίοισιν γριφεύειν παρὰ πότον προβαλεῖν δ᾽ αὐταῖσι τὸν γρῖφον, τί πάντων ἰσχυρότατον; καὶ τὰν μὲν εἰπεῖν ὁ σίδαρος καὶ φέρειν τούτου λόγου τὰν ἀπόδειξιν, διότι τούτῳ πάντ᾽ ὀρύσσουσίν τε καί τέμνουσι καὶ χρῶντ᾽ εἰς ἅπαντα, εὐδοκιμούσᾳ δ᾽ ἐπάγειν τὰν δευτέραν φάσκειν τε ”
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