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ὁ δ᾽ αὐτὸς φιλόσοφος Πολύευκτον ἱστορεῖ τόν Σφήττιον,
ἕνα τῶν τότε πολιτευομένων Ἀθήνησιν,
ἀποφαίνεσθαι μέγιστον μὲν εἶναι ῥήτορα Δημοσθένην,
δυνατώτατον δὲ εἰπεῖν Φωκίωνα: πλεῖστον
γὰρ ἐν βραχυτάτῃ λέξει νοῦν ἐκφέρειν. καὶ
μέντοι καὶ τόν Δημοσθένην φασὶν αὐτόν, ὁσάκις ἂν1
ἀντερῶν αὐτῷ Φωκίων ἀναβαίνοι, λέγειν πρὸς τοὺς συνήθεις: ‘ἡ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων κοπὶς ἀνίσταται.’
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