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Δία: πῶς γάρ; ἀπαγορεύοντος τοῦ νόμου: εἰς
δὲ τὸν ποιητὴν αὐτὸν καὶ τὸν ξυγγραφέα. τὸ γὰρ
εἰς ἑαυτὸν γράφειν εἴτε ἐπαίνους εἴτε ψόγους
εἴργει νόμος οὐδείς. ἐπαινεῖν μὲν δὴ καὶ σφόδρα
ἐθέλων ἐμαυτὸν οὐκ ἔχω, ψέγειν δὲ μυρία, καὶ
πρῶτον ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου. τούτῳ
γὰρ οἶμαι φύσει γεγονότι μὴ λίαν καλῷ μηδ̓
εὐπρεπεῖ μηδ̓ ὡραίῳ ὑπὸ δυστροπίας καὶ δυσκολίας
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