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οὐ τὸν τραγικὸν λέγει ποιητήν, ἀλλά τινα ὁμώνυμον αὐτῷ, ἤτοι φίλοινόν τινα ἢ αἰτίαν ἔχοντα οὐ χρηστήν, ὥς φησιν Ἀντίοχος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεὺς ἐν τῷ περὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ μέσῃ κωμῳδίᾳ κωμῳδουμένων Ποιητῶν. τὸ γὰρ ἐπάγεσθαι κατὰ τὰς ἑστιάσεις κυμβία καὶ δοκεῖν τούτοις διαμάχεσθαι εἰς ἑκάτερα τείνει, μνημονεύει δ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ Ἀναξανδρίδης ἐν Νηρηίσιν:
οὐ κύλικας ἐπὶ τὰ δεῖπνα Χαιρήμων φέρει,
οὐ κυμβίοισι πεπολέμηκ᾽ Εὐριπίδης;
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