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ὁ μὲν οὖν Νυμφόδωρος
ταῦτα ἱστόρησεν: ἐν πολλοῖς δὲ ἀντιγράφοις ἐξ ὀνόματος αὐτὸν καλούμενον οὐχ εὗρον. οὐδένα δὲ ὑμῶν
ἀγνοεῖν οἶμαι οὐδὲ ἃ ὁ καλὸς Ἡρόδοτος ἱστόρησε
῾VIII 105' 'περὶ Πανιωνίου τοῦ Χίου καὶ ὧν ἐκεῖνος
ἔπαθεν δικαίως ἐλευθέρων παίδων ἐκτομὰς ποιησάμενος
καὶ τούτους ἀποδόμενος. Νικόλαος δ᾽ ὁ περιπατητικὸς ῾FHG III 415' 'καὶ Ποσειδώνιος ὁ στωικὸς ῾ibid.
265' 'ἐν ταῖς ἱστορίαις ἑκάτερος τοὺς Χίους φασὶν ἐξανδραποδισθέντας ὑπὸ Μιθριδάτου τοῦ Καππάδοκος
παραδοθῆναι τοῖς ἰδίοις δούλοις δεδεμένους, ἵν᾽ εἰς
τὴν Κόλχων γῆν κατοικισθῶσιν: οὕτως αὐτοῖς ἀληθῶς
τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐμήνισε πρώτοις χρησαμένοις ὠνητοῖς
ἀνδραπόδοις τῶν πολλῶν αὐτουργῶν ὄντων κατὰ τὰς
διακονίας. μήποτ᾽ οὖν διὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἡ παροιμία ‘Χῖος
δεσπότην [ὠνήσατο]"3, ᾗ κέχρηται Εὔπολις ἐν Φίλοις
῾I 332 K'.'
Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.
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