Ἑρμῆ νεκρῶν προπομπὲ καὶ Φιλιππίδου
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Ἱππώνακτα τὸν ποιητὴν οὐ μόνον μικρὸν γενέσθαι τὸ σῶμα ἀλλὰ καὶ λεπτόν,
ἀκρότονον δ᾽ οὕτως ὡς πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις καὶ κενὴν λήκυθον βάλλειν μέγιστόν τι διάστημα, τῶν ἐλαφρῶν σωμάτων διὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι τὸν ἀέρα τέμνειν οὐκ ἐχόντων βιαίαν τὴν φοράν. λεπτὸς δ᾽ ἦν καὶ Φιλιππίδης, καθ᾽ οὗ λόγος ἐστὶν Ὑπερείδῃ τῷ ῥήτορι, λέγων αὐτὸν ἕνα τῶν πολιτευομένων εἶναι, ἦν δ᾽ εὐτελὴς τὸ σῶμα διὰ λεπτότητα, ὡς ὁ Ὑπερείδης ἔφη. Ἄλεξίς τ᾽ ἐν Θεσπρωτοῖς φησιν
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