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Ἐπίχαρμόν φασι πάνυ σφόδρα πρεσβύτην ὄντα, μετά τινων ἡλικιωτῶν ἐν λέσχῃ καθήμενον, ἐπεὶ ἕκαστος τῶν παρόντων ἔλεγεν ὃ μέν τις ῾ἐμοὶ πέντε ἔτη ἀπόχρη βιῶναι,᾿ ἄλλος δὲ ῾ἐμοὶ τρία,᾿ τρίτου δὲ εἰπόντος ῾ ἐμοί γε τέτταρα,᾿ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Ἐπίχαρμος ῾ὦ βέλτιστοἰ εἶπε, ῾τί στασιάζετε καὶ διαφέρεσθε ὑπὲρ ὀλίγων ἡμερῶν; πάντες γὰρ οἱ συνελθόντες κατά τινα δαίμονα ἐπὶ δυσμαῖς ἐσμεν: ὥστε ὥρα πᾶσιν ἡμῖν τὴν ταχίστην ἀνάγεσθαι, πρὸ τοῦ τινος καὶ ἀπολαῦσαι κακοῦ πρεσβυτικοῦ.᾿
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. Keyboarding.
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