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ὀψοποιοὶ παρῆλθον ὑπὸ πρώτων Μακεδόνων τοῦτ᾽ ἐπιτηδευσάντων ἢ δι᾽ ὕβριν ἢ δι᾽ ἀτυχίαν τῶν αἰχμαλωτισθεισῶν πόλεων, ἐκάλουν δ᾽ οἱ παλαιοὶ τὸν μὲν πολιτικὸν μάγειρον μαίσωνα, τὸν δ᾽ ἐκτόπιον τέττιγα. Χρύσιππος δ᾽ ὁ φιλόσοφος τὸν μαίσωνα ἀπὸ τοῦ μασᾶσθαι οἴεται κεκλῆσθαι, οἷον τὸν ἀμαθῆ καὶ πρὸς γαστέρα νενευκότα, ἀγνοῶν ὅτι Μαίσων γέγονεν κωμῳδίας ὑποκριτὴς Μεγαρεὺς τὸ γένος, ὃς καὶ τὸ προσωπεῖον εὗρε τὸ ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ καλούμενον μαίσωνα, ὡς Ἀριστοφάνης φησὶν ὁ
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