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ἠπορήθη ποτὲ καὶ διὰ τί πολλῶν ὑγρῶν ὄντων τὰ μὲν ἄλλα τοῖς ἰδίοις ἐπιθέτοις ὁ ποιητὴς εἰώθει κοσμεῖν, τὸ γάλα τε λευκὸν καὶ τὸ μέλι χλωρὸν καὶ τὸν οἶνον ἐρυθρὸν καλῶν, τὸ δ᾽ ἔλαιον ἀπὸ 1 κοινοῦ τοῦ 2 πᾶσι συμβεβηκότος μόνον ἐπιεικῶς ὑγρὸν προσαγορεύει. εἰς τοῦτ᾽ ἐλέχθη, ὅτι ὡς 3 γλυκύτατόν ἐστι τὸ δι᾽ ὅλου γλυκύ, καὶ λευκότατον τὸ δι᾽ ὅλου λευκόν: δι᾽ ὅλου δὲ τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν, ᾧ [p. 244] μηδὲν ἐμμέμικται τῆς ἐναντίας φύσεως: οὕτω δὴ 4 καὶ τὸ ὑγρὸν μάλιστα ῥητέον, οὗ μηθὲν μέρος ξηρόν ἐστι: τοῦτο δὲ τῷ ἐλαίῳ συμβέβηκε.
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