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Παιδαγωγός
ὦ τέκνον, ἔσβα δῶμα καὶ κατὰ στέγας
ἐν παρθενῶσι μίμνε σοῖς, ἐπεὶ πόθου
195ἐς τέρψιν ἦλθες ὧν ἔχρῃζες εἰσιδεῖν.
ὄχλος γάρ, ὡς ταραγμὸς εἰσῆλθεν πόλιν,
χωρεῖ γυναικῶν πρὸς δόμους τυραννικούς,
φιλόψογον δὲ χρῆμα θηλειῶν ἔφυ,
σμικράς τ᾽ ἀφορμὰς ἢν λάβωσι τῶν λόγων,
200πλείους ἐπεσφέρουσιν: ἡδονὴ δέ τις
γυναιξὶ μηδὲν ὑγιὲς ἀλλήλας λέγειν.
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