εἶτ᾽ οὐχ ὅμοια πράττομεν καὶ θύομεν:
ὅπου γε τοῖς θεοῖς μὲν ἠγορασμένον
δραχμῶν ἄγω προβάτιον ἀγαπητὸν δέκα,
αὐλητρίδας δὲ καὶ μύρον καὶ ψαλτρίας,
Μενδαῖον, Θάσιον, ἐγχέλεις, τυρόν, μέλι
μικροῦ ταλάντου: γίνεται τὸ κατὰ λόγον
δραχμῶν μὲν ἀγαθὸν ἄξιον λαβεῖν δέκα
ἡμᾶς, ἐὰν καὶ καλλιερηθῇ τοῖς θεοῖς,
τούτων δὲ πρὸς ταῦτ᾽ ἀντανελεῖν τὴν ζημίαν.
πῶς οὐχὶ τὸ κακὸν τῶν ἱερῶν διπλάζεται;
ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ὤν γε θεὸς οὐκ εἴασα τὴν
ὀσφὺν ἂν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμὸν ἐπιθεῖναί ποτε,
εἰ μὴ καθήγιζέν τις ἅμα τὴν ἔγχελυν,
ἵνα Καλλιμέδων ἀπέθανεν, εἷς τῶν συγγενῶν.
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