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‘ τὰς ὄρνιθας; Γοργίας 1 δ᾽ ὁ σοφιστής, χελιδόνος ἀφείσης ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἀπόπατον, ἀναβλέψας πρὸς αὐτήν ‘οὐ καλὰ ταῦτ᾽’ εἶπεν ‘ὦ Φιλομήλα’ ἢ καὶ τοῦτο [p. 334] κενόν 2 ἐστι; τὴν γὰρ ἀηδόνα, ταῖς αὐταῖς τραγῳδίαις ἔνοχον οὖσαν, οὐκ ἀπείργουσιν οὐδὲ ξενηλατοῦσιν’
‘ἴσως’ ἔφην ἐγὼ ‘καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἔχει λόγον, ὦ Σύλλα. σκόπει δὲ μὴ πρῶτον μέν, ᾧ λόγῳ τὸ γαμψώνυχον οὐ προσίενται, τούτῳ καὶ ἡ χελιδὼν ἀδοξεῖ παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς: σαρκοφάγος γάρ ἐστι καὶ μάλιστα ’
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