Ἀντιφάνης φησίν. ὅτι Ξενοκράτης ὁ Χαλκηδόνιος καὶ Σπεύσιππος ὁ Ἀκαδημαικὸς καὶ Ἀριστοτέλης βασιλικοὺς νόμους ἔγραψε.
τοῦ γάρ τις ἄλλου πρὸς θεῶν ἂν οὕνεκα
εὔξαιτο πλουτεῖν εὐπορεῖν τε χρημάτων τοῦ
δύνασθαι παραβοηθεῖν τοῖς φίλοις [p. 14]
σπείρειν τε καρπὸν Χάριτος, ἡδίστης θεῶν τοῦ μὲν πιεῖν γὰρ καὶ φαγεῖν τὰς ἡδονὰς
ἔχομεν ὁμοίας: οὐδὲ τοῖς λαμπροῖσι
γὰρ δείπνοις τὸ πεινῆν παύεται,
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πανήγυριν ἀπαντήσασιν. ὁ δὲ Χῖος Ἴων τραγῳδίαν νικήσας Ἀθήνησιν ἑκάστῳ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἔδωκε Χίου κεράμιον.
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