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τὸν εὐτελῆ καὶ ταπεινόν. ὥς που καὶ Πλάτων 1 φησὶ τὸν ἐραστὴν κόλακα τῶν ἐρωμένων ὄντα τὸν μὲν σιμὸν καλεῖν ἐπίχαριν, τὸν δὲ γρυπὸν βασιλικόν, μέλανας δ᾽ ἀνδρικούς, λευκοὺς δὲ θεῶν παῖδας: τὸ δὲ μελίχρουν ὅλως ἐραστοῦ ποίημα 2 εἶναι ὑποκοριζομένου καὶ εὐκόλως φέροντος τὴν ὠχρότητα. καίτοι καλὸς μὲν εἶναι πεισθεὶς ὁ αἰσχρὸς ἢ μέγας ὁ μικρὸς οὔτε χρόνον πολὺν τῇ ἀπάτῃ σύνεστι καὶ βλάπτεται
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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