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ποώδη χρώματα τρέπουσιν, ἀνάπαυλα τῶν ἀκράτων καὶ συντόνων ἐκείνων Μένανδρός ἐστιν, οἷον εὐανθεῖ λειμῶνι καὶ σκιερῷ καὶ πνευμάτων μεστῷ δεχόμενος τὴν διάνοιαν.
ὅτι κωμῳδίας ὑποκριτὰς τοῦ χρόνου τούτου
[p. 207] πολλοὺς καὶ ἀγαθοὺς τῆς πόλεως ἐνεγκούσης, ... αἱ Μενάνδρου κωμῳδίαι ἀφθόνων ἁλῶν καὶ ἱερῶν μετέχουσιν, ὥσπερ ἐξ ἐκείνης γεγονότων τῆς θαλάττης,
ἐξ ὦν Ἀφροδίτη γέγονεν. οἱ δ᾽ Ἀριστοφάνους
ἅλες πικροὶ καὶ τραχεῖς ὄντες ἑλκωτικὴν δριμύτητα
καὶ δηκτικὴν ἔχουσι: καὶ οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ἐν οἷς ἔστιν ἡ θρυλουμένη δεξιότης ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ἐν λόγοις ἢ προσώποις ἀμέλει καὶ τὰ μεμιμημένα πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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