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[5] ὥστε εἰ τῶν ὤτων ἐκδεδεμένους τοὺς ἀνθρώπους πρὸς τὴν γλῶτταν ὁ γέρων οὗτος Ἡρακλῆς ἕλκει,^ μηδὲ τοῦτο θαυμάσῃς εἰδὼς τὴν ὤτων καὶ γλώττης συγγένειαν: οὐδ᾽ ὕβρις εἰς αὐτόν, εἰ ταύτῃ τετρύπηται: μέμνημαι γοῦν, ἔφη, καὶ κωμικῶν τινων ἰαμβείων παρ᾽ ὑμῶν μαθών, τοῖς γὰρ λάλοις ἐξ ἄκρου ἡ γλῶττα πᾶσὶν ἐστι τετρυπημένη.

Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.

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