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“ τὸ γὰρ πρᾶγμα κἂν γεύσηται μόνον οὐ προσδεῖ διαβολῆς. ἄλκιμος δ᾽ ὁ Σικελιώτης ἐν τῇ ἐπιγραφομένῃ τῶν βίβλων Ἰταλικῇ πάσας φησὶ τὰς ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ γυναῖκας μὴ πίνειν οἶνον ἀπὸ τοιαύτης: αἰτίας ' Ἡρακλῆς περὶ τὴν Κροτωνιᾶτιν γενόμενος ἐπεὶ πρός τινα οἰκίαν οὖσαν παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν διψῶν
ἀφίκετο, προσελθὼν ᾔτει πιεῖν ἐντεῦθεν, ἔτυχε δ᾽ ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ τὴν οἰκίαν κεκτημένου πίθον οἴνου λαθραίως ὑποίξασα: καὶ πρὸς μὲν τὸν ἄνδρα δεινὸν ἔφη ποιήσειν αὐτὸν εἰ ξένου χάριν τὸν πίθον τοῦτον ἀνοίξειεν, ὕδωρ δ᾽ ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν
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