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Ἀδμήτῳ δέ τινι ποιητῇ φαύλῳ λέγοντι γεγραφέναι μονόστιχον ἐπίγραμμα, ὅπερ ἐν ταῖς διαθήκαις κεκέλευκεν ἐπιγραφῆναι αὑτοῦ τῇ στήλῃ — -
οὐ χεῖρον δὲ καὶ αὐτὸ εἰπεῖν, Γαῖα λάβ᾽ Ἀδμήτου ἔλυτρον, βῆ δ᾽ εἰς θεὸν
αὐτός — γελάσας εἶπεν, Οὕτω καλόν ἐστιν, ὦ Ἄδμητε,
τὸ ἐπίγραμμα, ὥστε ἐβουλόμην αὐτὸ ἤδη
ἐπιγεγράφθαι.
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