Δικαίαρχος δ᾽ ὁ Μεσσήνιος, Ἀριστοτέλους μαθητής, ἐν τῷ περὶ Ἀλκαίου καὶ τὴν λατάγην φησὶν
κότταβος ἐκ Σικελῆς ἐστι χθονὸς ἐκπρεπὲς ἔργον,
ὃν σκοπὸν ἐς λατάγων τόξα καθιστάμεθα.
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θεωρίας, μάθε παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ ὅτι πρῶτον μὲν ἡ τῶν κοττάβων εὕρεσις Σικελική ἐστιν παιδιά, ταύτην πρώτων εὑρόντων Σικελῶν, ὡς Κριτίας φησὶν ὁ Καλλαίσχρου ἐν τοῖς Ἐλεγείοις διὰ τούτων
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