42. ὅτι δ᾽ ἦν καὶ ἀστεία τις ἀποκρίνασθαι, τάδε ”
μᾶλλον τὸ πάρεργον ἐπεκράτησ᾽ ἢ τοὔνομα.
ἐδόκει δὲ λιθιᾶν, ὡς ἔοιχ᾽, ἡ Μανία:
Γνάθαινα δ᾽ εἰς τὰ στρώμαθ᾽ ὅτι προίετο,
ἐνουθετήθη τοῦτό πως ὑπὸ Διφίλου.
μετὰ ταῦτα δ᾽ ἡ Γνάθαινα πρὸς τὴν Μανίαν
ἐλοιδορεῖτο καὶ λέγει ‘τί τοῦτο, παῖ , [p. 124]
εἰ καὶ λίθον εἶχες;’ ὑπολαβοῦσ᾽ ἡ Μανία “
ἔδωκ᾽ ἄν, ἵν᾽ εἶχες, φήσ᾽, ἀποψᾶσθαι, τάλαν.”
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