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‘ δὲ σὸς ξένος Ἄμασις ἡμερώτερος ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις προβλήμασι καὶ μουσικώτερος γέγονεν ἐκέλευσε γὰρ [p. 374] αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν τὸ πρεσβύτατον καὶ τὸ κάλλιστον καὶ τὸ μέγιστον καὶ τὸ σοφώτατον καὶ τὸ κοινότατον, καὶ ναὶ μὰ Δία πρὸς τούτοις τὸ ὠφελιμώτατον, καὶ τὸ βλαβερώτατον καὶ τὸ 1 ἰσχυρότατον καὶ τὸ ῥᾷστον 2 ἆρ᾽ οὖν ἀπεκρίνατο καὶ διέλυσε τούτων ἕκαστον;’ ‘οὕτως’ ὁ Νειλόξενος ἔφη ‘ κρίνετε δ᾽ ὑμεῖς ἀκούσαντες. ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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