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τὰ μὲν οὖν πολλὰ τῶν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ παιζομένων
διηγεῖσθαι πολὺς ἂν εἴη φλύαρος: ἐπεὶ δὲ ἁλιεύων
ποτὲ καὶ δυσαγρῶν ἤχθετο παρούσης τῆς Κλεοπάτρας,
ἐκέλευσε τοὺς ἁλιεῖς ὑπονηξαμένους κρύφα
τῷ ἀγκίστρῳ περικαθάπτειν ἰχθῦς τῶν προεαλωκότων,
καὶ δὶς ἢ τρὶς ἀνασπάσας οὐκ ἔλαθε τὴν
Αἰγυπτίαν. προσποιουμένη δὲ θαυμάζειν τοῖς
φίλοις διηγεῖτο, καὶ παρεκάλει τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ γενέσθαι
θεατάς.
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