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Γρῖφος

“καὶ τὸ Πανάρκους δ᾽ ἐστὶ τοιοῦτον, ὥς φησι Κλέαρχος ἐν τῷ Περὶ Γρίφων, ὅτι βάλοι ξύλῳ τε καὶ οὐ ξύλῳ κτλ.

αἶνός τίς ἐστιν, ὡς ἀνήρ τε κοὐκ ἀνὴρ
ὄρνιθα κοὐκ ὄρνιθ᾽ ἰδών τε κοὐκ ἰδὼν
ἐπὶ ξύλου τε κοὐ ξύλου καθημένην,
λίθῳ τε κοὐ λίθῳ βάλοι τε κοὐ βάλοι.

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... νυκτερίδα ὁ εὐνοῖχος νάρθηκος κισήρει.

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Ath. 10. 452 c
“τοῖς ἐν ταῖς ἑστιάσεσιν, ἔφη, ἐπαμφοτερίζουσιν ἔοικεν, καὶ τῷ τῶν παίδων αἰνίγματι τῷ περὶ τοῦ εὐνούχου, τῆς βολῆς πέρι τῆς νυκτερίδος, ᾧ καὶ ἐφ᾽ οὗ αὐτὸν αὐτὴν αἰνίττονται βαλεῖν.” Plat. Rep. 5 479 c “Κλεάρχου γρῖφος:” Sch. ad loc.
Elegy and Iambus. with an English Translation by. J. M. Edmonds. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 2.

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