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τὸ μὲν πάρεργον ἔργον ὣς ποιούμεθα,φησὶ δ᾽ οὖν ὁ ποιητὴς περὶ τοῦ Μενελάου τὸν λόγον ποιούμενος:
τὸ δ᾽ ἔργον ὡς πάρεργον ἐκπονούμεθα.
ὡς νενόμισται ἄγειν συμπόσια περὶ τοὺς γάμους τῶν τε γαμηλίων θεῶν ἕνεκα καὶ τῆς οἱονεὶ μαρτυρίας. τὸ δὲ πρὸς τοὺς ξένους συμπόσιον ὁ τῆς Λυκίας βασιλεὺς διδάσκει οἷον εἶναι δεῖ, τὸν Βελλεροφόντην μεγαλοπρεπῶς δεξάμενος:τὸν δ᾽ εὗρον δαινύντα γάμον πολλοῖσιν ἔτῃσιν
υἱέος ἠδὲ θυγατρὸς ἀμύμονος ᾧ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ,
ἐννῆμαρ ξείνισσε καὶ ἐννέα βοῦς ἱέρευσε.
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