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καὶ μάθημα καὶ ἀγώνισμα κοινότατον ὧν ἡ Ἑλλὰς
ἐνήνοχε καλῶν παρέχων, τὴν ποίησιν, δεικνὺς ὅ τι δὴ καὶ ὁποῖον ἦν ἄρα δεξιότης λόγου, ἐπιὼν ἁπανταχόσε
μδτὰ πειθοῦς ἀφύκτου καὶ χειρούμενος ἅπασαν ἀκοὴν καὶ διάνοιαν Ἑλληνικῆς φωνῆς: τίνος γὰρ ἄξιον ἀληθῶς εἰς θέατρον ἐλθεῖν ἄνδρα πεπαιδευμένον
ἢ Μενάνδρου ἕνεκα; πότε θέατρα
πίμπλαται ἀνδρῶν φιλολόγων, κωμικοῦ προσώπου
δειχθέντος; ἐν δὲ συμποσίοις τίνι δικαιότερον ἡ τράπεζα παραχωρεῖ
καὶ τόπον ὁ Διόνυσος δίδωσι; φιλοσόφοις καὶ φιλολόγοις, ὥσπερ ὅταν οἱ γραφεῖς
ἐκπονηθῶσι τὰς ὄψεις, ἐπὶ τὰ ἀνθηρὰ καὶ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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