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Νειλόξενος ἔφη ‘ μοι γέγονεν ἐνταῦθα λαβεῖν ἅπαντας ὑμᾶς, καὶ κομίζω τὸ βιβλίον ὡς ὁρᾷς ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον.'’ ἅμα δ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐπεδείκνυε, Καὶ ὁ Θαλῆς γελάσας ‘εἴ τι κακόν’ εἶπεν, ‘ αὖθις εἰς Πριήνην διαλύσει γὰρ ὁ Βίας, ὡς διέλυσεν αὐτὸς 1 τὸ πρῶτον. ’ ‘τί δ᾽ ἦν’ ἔφην ἐγὼ τὸ πρῶτον; ‘’ ‘ἱερεῖον’ εἶπεν ‘ ἔπεμψεν αὐτῷ , κελεύσας τὸ πονηρότατον ἐξελόντα καὶ χρηστότατον ἀποπέμψαι κρέας. ὁ δ᾽ ἡμέτερος εὖ: καὶ καλῶς τὴν γλῶτταν ἐξελὼν ἐξέπεμψεν: 2 ὅθεν ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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